The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday launched an investigation into Chinese Television System (CTS, 華視) for allegedly causing public panic by mistakenly running news tickers about a Chinese invasion and disaster.
The news alerts were created by the New Taipei City Fire Department for disaster drill purposes.
CTS ran the news tickers during its news program at 7am, with messages that read: “New Taipei City hit by Chinese missiles, sea vessels and facilities in Port of Taipei damaged,” “Banciao Railway Station under attack” and “New Taipei City’s Taishan District (泰山) struck by magnitude 7 earthquake.”
As of 2pm, the NCC had
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterThe National Communications Commission （NCC） yesterday launched an investigation into Chinese Television System （CTS, 華視） for allegedly causing public panic by mistakenly running news tickers about a Chinese invasion and disaster.
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