A Taipei City Government official said yesterday that a bus driver who posted the contents of videotapes from bus security cameras online had broken the law by violating the privacy of passengers.
Loh Hsiao-hsien (羅孝賢), director of the city government's Department of Transportation, made the remarks after a public bus driver working for Shin-Shin Bus Corp posted the video content on the Internet.
The bus driver argued that he had made the video to protect himself in the event of disputes with or misconduct by passengers. He added that he did it mainly to change the public's impression of bus drivers.
Taipei City Councilor Chen Yung-teh (
However, the Shin-Shin Bus driver posted the video content on the Internet, and the video has now become entertainment for Web browsers, Chen said, adding that this has seriously violated the passengers' privacy.
Liu Chi-hwa (劉繼華), general manager of Shin-Shin Bus Corp, said that his company's monitors are generally aimed at drivers and the view outside the bus. Noting that he had been surprised by the driver's actions, Liu said the company had suspended him.
Chen urged all managers of bus companies to improve their supervision of drivers, adding that, otherwise, any misbehavior by their drivers would result in demerits for bus companies in their evaluation reports.
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said yesterday that it will revoke the dependent-based residence permit of a Chinese social media influencer who reportedly “openly advocated for [China’s] unification through military force” with Taiwan. The Chinese national, identified by her surname Liu (劉), will have her residence permit revoked in accordance with Article 14 of the “Measures for the permission of family- based residence, long-term residence and settlement of people from the Mainland Area in the Taiwan Area,” the NIA said in a news release. The agency explained it received reports that Liu made “unifying Taiwan through military force” statements on her online
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