By Jason Pan / Staff reporterA Taoyuan man is facing defamation charges for allegedly circulating rumors online that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was profiting from the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said yesterday. DPP officials filed a request for a police investigation after the claims were widely circulated on Facebook, the messaging app Line and other social media. When located at his home, Hsu reportedly told CIB officers: “Why is this so serious? Authorities could not locate the man, surnamed Feng (馮), and the woman, surnamed Chen (陳), at the Taipei address they provided, prosecutors said. Health officials have ordered all travelers returning from Wuhan and Hubei Province to remain in their residences for 14 days, which is the suspected incubation period for 2019-nCoV, prosecutors said.

Source: Taipei Times February 02, 2020 15:56 UTC