By Jason Pan / Staff reporterAn advocacy group has urged the government to crack down on Shopee Taiwan Co Ltd （樂購蝦皮）, as the subsidiary of Singapore-based Sea Ltd （冬海集團） allegedly enables Chinese entities to gather information on Taiwanese users.
ISSUES RAISED: The sale of the newspaper involves freedom of the press, national security, protection of data and workers’ benefits, the Ministry of Culture saidBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The Economic Democracy Union think tank yesterday filed a judicial complaint against two executives of the Taiwanese edition of the Apple Daily news Web site, accusing them of breaching the Personal Data Protection Act (個人資料保護法).
Apple Online, the sister Web site of Hong Kong’s now defunct Apple Daily newspaper, said on Wednesday last week that it has been sold and the handover completed.
The change of ownership has prompted concern from critics, who said the government should ensure that Apple Online does not fall into the hands of foreign owners backed by Chinese capital.
Joseph Phua (潘杰賢), a Singaporean entrepreneur who co-founded 17LIVE,