NCC’s Chen says premier did not scold himBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterActing National Communications Commission (NCC) Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) yesterday denied that he was scolded by Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) for mismanaging a case involving Taiwan Optical Platform, adding that the commission is an independent agency that is ruled by consensus. At a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Transportation Committee, lawmakers asked Chen about files sent to the media in a suspected cyberattack on the Presidential Office. Acting National Communications Commission Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang attends a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Transportation and Communications Committee in Taipei yesterday. Chen Yaw-shyang also denied that he was instructed to handle any specific news media. Chen Yaw-shyang said that iQiyi and WeTV are from China, so the act applies to them.

Source: Taipei Times May 18, 2020 15:56 UTC