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Taipei, May 9 (CNA) Parts of Taiwan's current mask mandate and border controls could be eased starting in July, when the number of COVID-19 infections in the country is expected to be on the decline, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Monday. ....
The administrator of two Facebook groups has been sentenced to three months in prison for spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan. Hualien resident Yin Yuan-cheng (尹垣程), 37, has been managing the “Di Bar Central Force” and “Di Bar Base” Facebook groups since 2016, prosecutors said. Yin, who is Taiwanese, and his Chinese wife, Liu Hui (劉慧), have been spreading misinformation about disease prevention on the Di Bar group, they said. Other Facebook users have frequently filed complaints against Yin for targeting people who are anti-China and pro-Taiwanese independence, prosecutors said, adding that he opened more than 20 accounts under false names ....
People who repost disinformation about the nation’s COVID-19 situation on social media could be charged with criminal intent, the Investigation Bureau said, after a Twitter post said that morgues were overflowing with bodies. Under Article 14 of the Special Act for Prevention, Relief and Revitalization Measures for Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens (嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎防治及紓困振興特別條例), “individuals who disseminate rumors or false information regarding the epidemic . causing damage to the public or others” face to up to three years in prison or a fine of up to NT$3 million (US$101,146), or both. Bureau officials issued the reminder on Thursday, after finding a post on ....
By Wang Chin-i and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe administrator of two Facebook groups has been sentenced to three months in prison for spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 situation in Taiwan. ....