The Taipei City Government yesterday condemned the Chinese-language weekly Next Magazine for carrying obscene photos on the cover of its latest issue and asked prosecutors to look into the case.
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said the city government also sent out letters to convenience stores to warn them about possible violation of laws concerning the sale of restricted books.
“What Next Magazine carried on its cover is too much. We urge the media to show social responsibility,” Hau said yesterday at Taipei City Hall.
“As Taipei Mayor, one of my biggest responsibilities is to prevent our teenagers from being poisoned by pornography. Without proper restrictions, these books are easily obtained by students,” he said.
Hau made the remarks after the city government received several complaints from parents about the obscene photos and sensational article in the magazine’s latest issue, published on Wednesday.
The photograph on the cover shows a naked couple engaged in a sexual act.
The Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office said the magazine may have violated the Law on Offenses Against Sexual Morality (妨害風化罪) by carrying such an explicit photo on its cover and demanded the police subpoena the reporters involved and the editor-in-chief of the magazine.
In response to a complaint by the magazine after the government sent warnings to convenience stores that carried the magazine, Hau said the city government had the right to give proper administrative guidance to stores.
The city government was reminding stores that they might violate the law if they failed to pull the offending publications off their shelves, Hau said.
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