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