TPP files lawsuit against SET News over alliance newsTPP TO BOYCOTT: Members of the party decided not to take part in SET News’ political talk shows as a response, a spokeswoman saidBy Huang Hao-chen / Staff reporterThe Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) on Friday filed a defamation lawsuit against SET News over its report that TPP Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has been in talks with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to forge an alliance in next year’s elections. The party is seeking NT$1 million (US$32,010) in compensation for defamation and tarnishing personal reputation, said Vivian Huang (黃珊珊), the campaign director of Ko’s presidential bid. Taiwan People’s Party presidential candidate Ko Wen-je’s campaign director Vivian Huang, second left, presses the accusation bell at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office on Friday, before filing a lawsuit against SET-TV. The party initially just wanted SET News to withdraw the story, but Ko has decided to sue, “believing only that can have a deterrent effect,” Huang said. TPP members will boycott SET News by not taking part in its political talk shows, TPP spokeswoman Chen Chih-han (陳智菡) said.
