Water Corp. Employee Mistakenly Sent Out Stoppage Notice|停水通知大烏龍 台水坦承員工誤發
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The police have identified the source of a fake notice regarding a water stoppage. On Sept. 18, the Taichung police received a report from Taiwan Water Corporation that someone was spreading fake news online about a water stoppage. It turns out in the end however, that the fake notice actually originated from a Taiwan Water Corporation employee.
Typhoon Mangkhut's periphery affected southern Taiwan on Sept. 15. On that day, news about a water stoppage affecting Pingtung's Hengchun Peninsula began spreading through Facebook and LINE. In response, Taiwan Water Corporation said the water supply was normal. On Sept. 18, it reported this case to the Taichung police, hoping to find the source of the fake news. The police identified many netizens who spread the news, and they all said the source was a Taiwan Water Corporation employee.
The operations department sent the message about a water stoppage. (A water stoppage.) So we notified everyone that there was going to be a water stoppage.
The police compared the statements it had collected, and pinpointed the source as an employee of the corporation's Hengchun office. The corporation then confessed an employee had mistakenly sent out the notice.
There was about a two-hour period when the electricity supply was not stable. We of course have a generator for emergency use, but our frontline employee considered that the water pressure would decrease for users at the ends of pipes or in elevated regions, so this employee sent out a preventative press release.
The corporation adds the employee acted with good intent, and people also spread this news with good intent, so it will withdraw any related charges. However, lawyers say the Social Order Maintenance Act prevents charges from being withdrawn and the process must be completed.
In principle, the police first conducts an interrogation, and then transfers it to the summary court. The summary court decides whether to go through with the case and the incurred penalty fines. In principle, the Social Order Maintenance Act is an administrative law, and it uses administrative law to determine whether the case should be handled, so there is no issue with retractions.
The police say they have already completed their investigation into this case, and they will transfer it to the Taichung District Court's summary court for handling. Meanwhile, Taiwan Water Corporation says it will strengthen its training regarding water stoppage notices to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Typhoon Mangkhut's periphery affected southern Taiwan on Sept. 15. On that day, news about a water stoppage affecting Pingtung's Hengchun Peninsula began spreading through Facebook and LINE. In response, Taiwan Water Corporation said the water supply was normal. On Sept. 18, it reported this case to the Taichung police, hoping to find the source of the fake news. The police identified many netizens who spread the news, and they all said the source was a Taiwan Water Corporation employee.
The operations department sent the message about a water stoppage. (A water stoppage.) So we notified everyone that there was going to be a water stoppage.
The police compared the statements it had collected, and pinpointed the source as an employee of the corporation's Hengchun office. The corporation then confessed an employee had mistakenly sent out the notice.
There was about a two-hour period when the electricity supply was not stable. We of course have a generator for emergency use, but our frontline employee considered that the water pressure would decrease for users at the ends of pipes or in elevated regions, so this employee sent out a preventative press release.
The corporation adds the employee acted with good intent, and people also spread this news with good intent, so it will withdraw any related charges. However, lawyers say the Social Order Maintenance Act prevents charges from being withdrawn and the process must be completed.
In principle, the police first conducts an interrogation, and then transfers it to the summary court. The summary court decides whether to go through with the case and the incurred penalty fines. In principle, the Social Order Maintenance Act is an administrative law, and it uses administrative law to determine whether the case should be handled, so there is no issue with retractions.
The police say they have already completed their investigation into this case, and they will transfer it to the Taichung District Court's summary court for handling. Meanwhile, Taiwan Water Corporation says it will strengthen its training regarding water stoppage notices to prevent similar incidents in the future.
