CTi News closure ‘detrimental’: KMTSILENCING DISSENT? Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang said the Democratic Progressive Party cut out the news channel most opposed to its viewsBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe shutdown of CTi News (中天新聞), after its license expires tomorrow, would have a detrimental effect on people’s trust in the government, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said in Taipei yesterday. “As the ruling party during the nation’s authoritarian period, the Chinese Nationalist Party is still often criticized and blamed,” he said, adding that criticism of the party has come with “misunderstandings and distortions.”Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang speaks at a symposium in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei TimesHowever, the course of Taiwan’s democracy “although slow and arduous, has never regressed,” he said. Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Chiang are scheduled to appear at a KMT news conference in Taipei tomorrow, titled “Safeguard Press Freedom, Hold Government Accountable,” on the issue of the National Communications Commission’s denial of CTi News’ license renewal, the KMT said yesterday.

Source: Taipei Times December 09, 2020 15:56 UTC