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  • Less than a year after first being entangled in Taiwan's MeToo movement, television host Mickey Huang is back in the headlines.

  • That's after another woman came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct.

  • In a Facebook post, she says Huang invited her to his apartment for a swimsuit photoshoot where he took advantage of her.

  • This happened in 2006 when she was just 17.

  • Huang was recently fined US$37,000 and given two years of deferred prosecution for offences including purchasing sexual images of underage girls from an illegal forum.

  • The new allegations against them have led to calls for stricter punishments for offenders.

  • (Speaking in Chinese) If one purchases sexual images of adolescents and children, there should be a punishment of three to five years imprisonment.

  • There's no delayed punishment for sentences of over three years. [Offenders] have to go to jail.

  • Currently, people who possess sexual images of minors face up to a year in prison and fines of up to US$9,300.

  • In the wake of the allegations against Huang, women's groups in the country want change.

  • (Speaking in Chinese) We need to break the supply and demand chain. The penalty for the buyers should also in increased.

  • The Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation hopes Taiwan can set stricter criminal sentencing standards for people who sexually exploit children.

  • They're among a growing number of people in the country fed up with sexual offenders, demanding more to be done.

  • Joseph Wu and Sandy Chi for Taiwan Plus.

Less than a year after first being entangled in Taiwan's MeToo movement, television host Mickey Huang is back in the headlines.

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