The China Post
Date: October 13, 2017
By: Chen Chun-hua, Chen Chih-chung and Kuan-lin Liu
TAIPEI (CNA) – The Ministry of Education (MOE, 教育部) maintained Friday that it is
In this undated file photo, the logo of Mandarin Daily News is displayed at the entrance of the newspaper’s building in Taipei. The Ministry of Education maintained Friday that it is not interfering with the press freedom even though it asked the Taipei District Court a day earlier to dissolve the of the Mandarin Daily News’s current board of directors. (CNA)
not interfering with the press freedom of the Mandarin Daily News (國語日報), even though it asked the Taipei District Court a day earlier to dissolve the newspaper’s current board of directors.
Education Minister Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) said during questioning at the Legislative Yuan that given the government’s involvement in the paper’s founding in 1948, his ministry asked the court to dissolve the board of directors running the children’s newspaper because internal disagreements have made it difficult for the paper to operate.
The ministry asked the court to appoint an interim board so that the publication can return to normal operations, a process that he estimated will take three to six months.
Pan claimed that his ministry will not be involved in the management of the newspaper or in any way infringe upon its press freedom, but simply made the request to the court for the good of the newspaper’s employees and the public.
Following the ministry’s request to the court, Mandarin Daily News Chairman Hung Kuo-liang (洪國樑) quickly fired back, essentially dismissing government involvement in the growth of the company, saying that government funding was used up by 1950 and that the original employees have all since left the company. [FULL STORY]
