Next Magazine - Significant Controversies

Significant Controversies

Next magazine has often been criticized. Complaints about the magazine can be categorized into two types although it has a relatively large market:

1. Since the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance (Cap.390) was enacted in Hong Kong in 1994, Next Magazine has violated the law about 17 times and has received fines in the range (http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/2002-10-11/1158105895.html). The Taiwan version of Next Magazine has also violated the law 4 times. The public complained that the magazine posted the death portrait of Hong Kong actress Chan Po Lin, Pauline upon her death in Aug, 2002. The magazine was fined 5‧103 HKD in respect of publication (http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/h/2002-08-20/171096497.html).
2. Next Magazine has been involved in several libel cases; the most significant case being a report in which it was claimed that there was a loss of 7‧107 HKD by Project Hope, a charitable organization in China, in Jan,1994. The magazine lost the case in 2000, and was fined 3.5‧106 HKD (http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/200006/22/eng20000622_43648.html).