Yang Hui-ju Sentenced to 6 Months for Fake Info Leading to Suicide 楊蕙如操控網軍致外交官輕生 一審判6月

Internet celebrity Yang Hui-ju and Tsai Fu-ming have been sentenced to six months in prison respectively after they used wordings such as "garbage,"suck" to accuse the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka over its handling of Typhoon Jebi in 2018.

The office had come under fire after thousands of Taiwanese tourists were stranded at airports in Japan due to the typhoon, which many believed, led to the suicide of diplomat Su Chii-cherng. Even though Yang denied having a boss and "voluntarily" posted comments on the internet, the judge said there are limits to freedom of speech. The 6-month sentence can be commuted to a fine of  NT$180,000 and the case can still be appealed.
 

2018年燕子颱風重創日本關西，上千名台灣和中國旅客受困機場，「卡神」楊蕙如被控操控網軍蔡福明在PTT帶風向，詆毀台北駐大阪經濟文化辦事處，間接導致大阪辦事處處長蘇啟誠輕生。2019年檢方依侮辱公署罪起訴，台北地院今天宣判，依侮辱公署罪，判楊蕙如、蔡福明各6月徒刑，可易科罰金18萬，可上訴。