The Kuomintang held a press conference on the 5th to "issue official documents and force performance. Didn't you stifle freedom of speech?" Taipei City Councilor You Shuhui pointed out that in the official document of the Police Department's detailed implementation plan for check

The Kuomintang held a press conference on the 5th to "Issuing official documents to force performance. Didn't you stifle freedom of speech?" Taipei City Councilor You Shuhui pointed out that in the official document of the Police Department's detailed implementation plan for checking online false information, a 2 million new item was seized The performance points for election bribery in Taiwan are the same as those for detecting fake election news, and there is at least 1 point for being summoned to the case without mandatory punishment. This is to encourage the police to check the water meter to detect fake election news. (Photo by Zheng Rennan) Picture source: Taiwan's "China Times Electronic News"

The head of the Kuomintang's "Ghost Fighting Corps" Zhou Xiwei and Taipei City Councilor You Shuhui criticized at a press conference yesterday that the DPP said it would crack down on fake news, but it took the initiative to be punished They are all ordinary people, and even if they don't prosecute, the police who handle the case can actually get a reward of 1 point, which is equivalent to encouraging indiscriminate prosecution. Zhou Xiwei questioned whether Tsai Ing-wen ordered the "Investigation Bureau" and the "Police Department" to ask grassroots to intervene in the investigation of false news, thus violating the protection of freedom of speech and communication confidentiality rights in Taiwan's "Constitution". Please Tsai Ing-wen personally come out and make it clear. .

Chen Mingtang, Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Taiwanese authorities’ legal affairs department, and Huang Mingzhao, director of the Criminal Bureau, went to the front line to clarify. Chen Mingtang emphasized that the prosecution and police investigation and handling of cases require strict evidentialism in collecting evidence, and called on politicians not to "stigmatize" the prosecution and police investigation and law enforcement. Huang Mingzhao emphasized that all investigations are based on their own principles, and both blue and green cases are accepted and transferred. He called on politicians not to Slander the police and undermine their efforts.

You Shuhui said that as of December last year, the "Police Department" had handled nearly 400 cases as part of the investigation of false information, including criticism of politicians, complaints by celebrities, elections and non-elections related to public security, and National Taiwan University professor Su Hongda This is a case involving public policy.

She pointed out that the highest proportion of cases investigated by the police were 173 cases of criticism of politicians, but the "Police Department" did not announce who people were interviewed for criticizing. What makes people question is, are they being interviewed for criticizing Tsai Ing-wen or Han Kuo-yu? Does the "Police Department" dare to announce it?

Huang Mingzhao said that statistics from January 1 last year to the day before yesterday, the police investigated 287 online false information cases involving politicians, including 91 false information cases against KMT politicians, and 55 cases have been transferred; cyber intimidation against Han Guoyu, There were 48 cases of false information, 29 of which have been transferred.

He said that the "Police Department" formulated the performance appraisal to motivate colleagues to devote all their efforts to safeguarding the fairness of elections. Among them, false information cases are worth 10 points for "spreading rumors or disseminating false information with the intention of making people elected or unelected". As for "false information that violates Taiwan's criminal law or public peace and order", it only received a score of 5, which shows that the investigation focuses on the fairness of the election and preventing the influence of false information.