The Taiwan Red Cross is keeping all the email records with this reporter, including one where the reporter admitted the incorrectness, according to Chen.
But, he added, the Taiwan Red Cross is not considering holding the reporter accountable for now as the organization is preoccupied with quake relief affairs.
Chen stressed that journalists should not intentionally misinterpret the words of interviewees. "Do you think you are smart enough to fool your readership?" the official asked.
The Taiwan Red Cross also issued a statement on Sunday evening, explaining that it will send 1 million yuan of the total donation for emergency relief and resident relocation in the quake-affected area, and the remaining 4 million yuan will be provided later for quake reconstruction projects, pending a detailed plan.
The statement called on the public and relevant parties to take a people-oriented stance in the disaster, and refrain from making misleading interpretations of the relief efforts to trigger unnecessary misunderstanding.
The RCSC on Monday used its account on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblogging service, to re-tweet the statement, but did not give further comment on this issue.
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