Huang Mei-yueh, the high court judge who ruled that Business Weekly was guilty in the Tsai Chao-yang case, says that removing libel from the criminal law code is the direction that most nations are going. From the standpoint of giving the press more room to maneuver, it's worth considering, she says, but so doing will also require compensation granted through civil lawsuits and self-regulation within the media.
蔡兆陽案中，判決商業週刊敗訴的高等法院合議庭法官之一黃梅月認為，刑法除罪是各國共同趨勢，站在能讓新聞界發展的空間上，「除罪化」也是可以考量的方向，但需要民事賠償、以及新聞界自律等條件做通盤配合。