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The National Communications Commission (NCC) is considering lawsuits against three Chinese-language news firms the China Times, Taiwan People’s News and Storm Media over their accusations about commission officials, who they said were acting unethically when reviewing a broadcasting license application from Mirror News, NCC Deputy Chairman and spokesman Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) said.
The motion to sue the three media outlets was proposed during a weekly commissioners’ meeting on May 18 by NCC Commissioner Hsiao Chi-hung (蕭啟宏), one of the officials accused of helping Mirror News obtain a broadcasting license in January.
The commission should pursue legal actions against the three
Mirror News’ ability to raise its registered capital and start broadcasting on cable systems by the middle of May would be the focus of the National Communications Commission’s (NCC) review of the channel’s proposed management change, NCC Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) told lawmakers at a meeting of the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday.
The channel on Jan. 19 obtained a satellite broadcasting license after a two-year review by the commission.
However, the commission on Wednesday received the channel’s application for a management change after a board meeting on March 4.
Local media reported that Mirror News chairman Chen Jian-ping (陳建平) was removed from