Latest posts by Oiwan Lam from July, 2011
China: Wi-Fi monitoring system in Beijing cafes and bars
According to Mingpao Daily, Beijing Police has issued a notice to all the cafes and bars which provide Wi-Fi access to their customers to install a RMB20,000 monitoring system. Upon installation, users have to register their ID in the counter before logging in the Wi-Fi network. The notice was issued...
China: Swedish student's passport confiscated for flash mob call
A Swedish student, Sven Englund studying in Shanghai Fudan University was summoned by Shanghai police for writing a letter to the Chinese President Hu Jintao in his blog. His passport has been confiscated after the interrogation. Below is the summon document issued by the Shanghai police: It stated that Sven...
Taiwan: Blogger subjected to US7,000 compensation for writing food critics
A Taiwanese blogger was sentenced to 30 days detention with a 2 year probation and subjected to a TWD200,000 (approximately USD7,000) compensation for writing food critics in her blog. The court in Taichung city stated that her comment was not based upon objective fact and hence defamatory. Defamation is a...