Taipei Times
Date: Jan 03, 2020
By: Shih Hsaio-kaung, Rachel Lin and Dennis Xie / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA
A debate over the scope of freedom of speech arose yesterday between National Taiwan University (NTU) and its students’ association after one of the institution’s professors was summoned by police after criticizing an unverified government policy.
“The university expresses serious concerns over the infringement of freedom of speech in this case and calls on the authorities to observe Article 11 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech,” NTU said in a statement.
The NTU Students’ Association said in its own statement that “it does not stand by the university.”
Su Hung-dah (蘇宏達), a professor of political science, was summoned by the Taipei City Police Department for allegedly contravening the Social Order Maintenance Act (社會秩序維護法) due to a video he uploaded to Facebook in November last year, the university said in its statement.
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