ATJ Protest Foxconn's Chairman Kuo Flouting Press Freedom
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We Protest Foxconn's (Hung Hai's) Chairman Kuo Flouting Press Freedom
Taipei, Taiwan, 30 November 2004 – The Association of Taiwanese Journalist has expressed serious concern on a case in which the chairman of Hung Hai Electronic, a Taiwan-based electronic giant, has taken advantage of legal loophole by filing a legal detaining request of NT$30 million against a local business reporter on concern of unverified reporting, but withholding pressing charge. The ATJ considers that the legal action has apparently been taken to intimate journalists as a whole with the aim of suppressing reporters from reporting adverse news against the company. The ATJ is planning to launch a series of campaigns in protest of Hung Hai flouting press freedom.
The reporter, Ms Kuang Wen-chi, published a story on the Commercial Times on 29 April 2004, in which she praised the technological capability of Hung Hai, which was likely to enable Hung Hai to benefit from the introduction of Intel’s new platform. However, Hung Hai considered that she revealing the quotation of the connector – US$7 each, has incurred market rumours from its competitors, one that has damaged its marketing strategy it had set before the rollout of Intel’s new platform. Hung Hai further accused Kuang of implying Hung Hai’s products to have high price but poor quality.
Valuing the “damage” that Ms Kuang’s story has made to its interest as high as NT$30 million, Hung Hai made appeal to Taipei District Court for detaining Ms Kuang’s property temporarily. The appeal was approved by the court, resulting in one third of Kuang’s salary to be detained by the court from June 2004.
The ATJ points out that the temporary detaining request was not made on a proportional principle but was filed to showcase to other reporters with the intention of forming an invisible pressures on reporters in reporting stories about such a large enterprise as Hung Hai. The ATJ has seriously condemned the action against press freedom of Hung Hai and Hung Hai’s chairman, Mr Kuo Tai-ming and advocate those who care about Taiwan’s media environment to stand by the association.
“Hung Hai didn’t file to the court any temporary detaining request against the Commercial Times but only the reporter individually has clearly shown that its intention was not to protect its own right through legal means but to intimidate the reporters as a whole. It is something that the ATJ can never agree with, “ stressed ATJ.
The ATJ has strongly demanded Hung Hai to cancel the detaining request to the court and given that Hung Hai is listed company, the ATJ has a plan to request relevant supervisory bodies including Taiwan Securities Exchange Company and the Financial Supervisory and Management Commission, to look into the case on whether the rights of its shareholders have been abused or not.
We Protest Foxconn's (Hung Hai's) Chairman Kuo Flouting Press Freedom
Taipei, Taiwan, 30 November 2004 – The Association of Taiwanese Journalist has expressed serious concern on a case in which the chairman of Hung Hai Electronic, a Taiwan-based electronic giant, has taken advantage of legal loophole by filing a legal detaining request of NT$30 million against a local business reporter on concern of unverified reporting, but withholding pressing charge. The ATJ considers that the legal action has apparently been taken to intimate journalists as a whole with the aim of suppressing reporters from reporting adverse news against the company. The ATJ is planning to launch a series of campaigns in protest of Hung Hai flouting press freedom.
The reporter, Ms Kuang Wen-chi, published a story on the Commercial Times on 29 April 2004, in which she praised the technological capability of Hung Hai, which was likely to enable Hung Hai to benefit from the introduction of Intel’s new platform. However, Hung Hai considered that she revealing the quotation of the connector – US$7 each, has incurred market rumours from its competitors, one that has damaged its marketing strategy it had set before the rollout of Intel’s new platform. Hung Hai further accused Kuang of implying Hung Hai’s products to have high price but poor quality.
Valuing the “damage” that Ms Kuang’s story has made to its interest as high as NT$30 million, Hung Hai made appeal to Taipei District Court for detaining Ms Kuang’s property temporarily. The appeal was approved by the court, resulting in one third of Kuang’s salary to be detained by the court from June 2004.
The ATJ points out that the temporary detaining request was not made on a proportional principle but was filed to showcase to other reporters with the intention of forming an invisible pressures on reporters in reporting stories about such a large enterprise as Hung Hai. The ATJ has seriously condemned the action against press freedom of Hung Hai and Hung Hai’s chairman, Mr Kuo Tai-ming and advocate those who care about Taiwan’s media environment to stand by the association.
“Hung Hai didn’t file to the court any temporary detaining request against the Commercial Times but only the reporter individually has clearly shown that its intention was not to protect its own right through legal means but to intimidate the reporters as a whole. It is something that the ATJ can never agree with, “ stressed ATJ.
The ATJ has strongly demanded Hung Hai to cancel the detaining request to the court and given that Hung Hai is listed company, the ATJ has a plan to request relevant supervisory bodies including Taiwan Securities Exchange Company and the Financial Supervisory and Management Commission, to look into the case on whether the rights of its shareholders have been abused or not.
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