Apple Daily infringed upon the victim's rights by "conducting a trial in the press." Chang hanged himself the day the report was issued, and his family angrily described the whole incident as a "media slaying."
蘋果日報侵犯當事人權益的「新聞審判」，結果造成張姓教師在報導刊出當天上吊自殺，家屬則憤怒地指控整個事件是一場「媒體殺人」。