Chinese Culture University today said it would cooperate with police to conduct a thorough sweep of campus, after a news outlet reported that athletes were secretly recorded in a male dormitory.
Earlier in the day, the Chinese-language Mirror Media reported that student athletes, including pro basketball players, were secretly recorded as they showered in a dormitory at the school from 2016 to 2021.
Those filmed include Chinese Basketball Association player Nelson Lin (林秉聖) and New Taipei CTBC DEA player Zhou Cheng-rui (周承睿) with the Taiwan Professional Basketball League, the report said.
Photo from the Chinese Culture University Web site
The university said in a statement that it strongly condemns all acts of illicit filming and would work closely with the police to conduct thorough safety checks and patrols.
It also vowed to provide legal counsel and mental health support to victims, plus assistance to those seeking to bring charges against or request compensation from the perpetrator.
The filming allegedly took place in the bathrooms of the male dormitory inside the university’s Da Lun Building (大倫館) in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林), where someone installed a pinhole camera in the shower, the report said.
The Ministry of Education sent a letter to the university last month requesting it conduct a sweep, the university said.
The search was completed this month and did not turn up any illegal activity, it said, adding that it would nevertheless continue to work with police to ensure campus safety.
As the secret filming allegedly occurred between 2016 and 2021, the university said it was unable to confirm the exact content of the images or the equipment used.
Should further information come to light, the university said it would fully cooperate with prosecutors and investigators.
Eight restaurants in Taiwan yesterday secured a one-star rating from the Michelin Guide Taiwan for the first time, while three one-star restaurants from last year’s edition were promoted to two stars. Forty-three restaurants were awarded one star this year, including 34 in Taipei, five in Taichung and four in Kaohsiung. Hosu (好嶼), Chuan Ya (川雅), Sushi Kajin (鮨嘉仁), aMaze (心宴), La Vie by Thomas Buhner, Yuan Yi (元一) and Frassi in Taipei and Front House (方蒔) in Kaohsiung received a one-star rating for the first time. Hosu is known for innovative Taiwanese dishes, while Chuan Ya serves Sichuan cuisine and aMaze specializes
STATS: Taiwan’s average life expectancy of 80.77 years was lower than that of Japan, Singapore and South Korea, but higher than in China, Malaysia and Indonesia Taiwan’s average life expectancy last year increased to 80.77 years, but was still not back to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic peak of 81.32 years in 2020, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday. The average life expectancy last year increased the 0.54 years from 2023, the ministry said in a statement. For men and women, the average life expectancy last year was 77.42 years and 84.30 years respectively, up 0.48 years and 0.56 years from the previous year. Taiwan’s average life expectancy peaked at 81.32 years in 2020, as the nation was relatively unaffected by the pandemic that year. The metric
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (THSRC) plans to ease strained capacity during peak hours by introducing new fare rules restricting passengers traveling without reserved seats in 2026, company Chairman Shih Che (史哲) said Wednesday. THSRC needs to tackle its capacity issue because there have been several occasions where passengers holding tickets with reserved seats did not make it onto their train in stations packed with individuals traveling without a reserved seat, Shih told reporters in a joint interview in Taipei. Non-reserved seats allow travelers maximum flexibility, but it has led to issues relating to quality of service and safety concerns, especially during
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Chiayi County at 4:37pm today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The hypocenter was 36.3km southeast of Chiayi County Hall at a depth of 10.4km, CWA data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage resulting from the quake. The intensity of the quake, which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event, measured 4 in Chiayi County, Tainan and Kaohsiung on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale, the data showed. The quake had an intensity of 3 in Chiayi City and Yunlin County, while it was measured as 2 in Pingtung, Taitung, Hualien, Changhua, Nantou and Penghu counties, the data
RSS