Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) A coalition of civic groups urged Chung Tien Television (CTiTV) on Wednesday to retract a defamation lawsuit it lodged on Monday against Robert Tsao (曹興誠), founder of the Taiwan-based contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), after he called the TV station a "bandit station" at a news conference on Sept. 1.
‘FREE SPEECH’: Taiwan Forever Society’s chairman said the suits are an ‘abuse of democracy to subvert democracy, and an abuse of freedom to suppress freedom’By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taipei, Sept. 5 (CNA) Taiwan's Chung Tien Television (CTiTV) filed a defamation lawsuit against entrepreneur Robert Tsao (曹興誠) on Monday, seeking NT$500 million (US$16.26 million) in damages, after he referred to the media entity last week as a "bandit station."