KMT sues ‘Liberty Times’ over reports on CCP exchangesStaff writer, with CNAThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday said it has filed civil litigation against the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) and its editor-in-chief Tzou Jiing-wen (鄒景雯), accusing the paper of publishing "entirely untrue" reports on exchanges between the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Liberty Times published seven reports on Jan. 25, Jan. 26 and Sunday last week that were “fake news,” KMT spokesperson Chiang I-chen (江怡臻) told a news conference. Photo: CNAThe reports made claims about a planned meeting between KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平), Chiang said. The civil complaint names the Liberty Times, Tzou and two reporters as defendants, he added. The newspaper's reports "all had basis" and underwent "reasonable verification," Liberty Times spokesperson Su Yu-hui (蘇宇暉) said.

Source: Taipei Times February 12, 2026 05:17 UTC