Taiwan opposition wields new powers in bid to reshape media landscape

Regulator faces investigation as ruling party and journalists raise alarm

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A control room of Taiwan TV station CTi in December 2020. The pro-China broadcaster's license was not renewed by the regulatory authority, which now faces a political opposition-driven probe over its approval of another channel, Mirror TV. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's opposition is seeking to overhaul the media's regulatory landscape, wielding its legislative majority and newly expanded investigative powers but putting itself at odds with leading journalists.

The main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and its ally the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) this week set up a task force to probe the operations of the National Communications Commission. The investigation into the regulatory authority will look into accusations that the government led by the Democratic Progressive Party, in power since 2016, influenced the NCC to approve an application by Mirror Media to establish Mirror TV.

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