Government raids magazine offices
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 20 March 2002 letter to the president of the Republic of China, Chen Shui-bian, CPJ condemned that day’s raid on the weekly magazine “Taiwan Next”, which government authorities have accused of endangering national security. The 21 March edition of the magazine featured a lengthy cover story titled “Lee Teng-hui Illegally Used […]
“Taiwan Next” magazine attacked
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 23 August 2001 letter to President Chen Shui-bian, CPJ condemned the recent attack on the office of the magazine “Taiwan Next” (“Taiwan Yi Zhoukan”), and asked his government to ensure that the police investigation into the attack is thorough and professional. Around midday on 22 August, a group of men wielding […]
Criminal libel suit filed against two journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 7 November 1996, Lui Tai-ying, director of the Business Management Committee of Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang party, filed a criminal libel suit against Ying Chan, an American journalist for the “Daily News” of New York, and Hsieh Chung-liang, senior editor of “Yazhou Zhoukan” (“Asia Weekly”), a Hong Kong-based newsweekly. Also named in the […]
Voice of Taiwan broadcaster Hsu Jung-chi sentenced in two cases
**Updates IFEX CH alert dated 14 September 1994** CPJ confirms that on 1 October 1994, radio broadcaster Hsu Rong- chi (also reported as Hsu Jung-chi) was sentenced to eight months in prison for mobilizing thousands of taxi drivers to blockade the Finance Ministry in February in protest against high insurance premiums. On 29 October, Hsu […]
Six unlicensed radio stations raided in January
**For background, see IFEX alerts dated 1, 2 August, 14 September 1994 and 2 February 1995** On 16 January, four stations were simultaneously closed in different parts of the island. The four are Voice of Taiwan Nation, which broadcasted from a mountain-top Buddhist temple to the north of Taipei, the Kaohsiung station Voice of Sweet […]