PRESS DIGEST-Taiwan - July 24

TAIPEI, July 24 (Reuters) Taiwan newspapers carried the following stories on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

CHINA TIMES

-- Two high-ranking Taiwan defence officials alleged that former staff members had threatened to shoot them.

-- A Dell (DELL.O) bank account in Taiwan was frozen temporarily on a court order following a lawsuit against the company over alleged pricing mistakes.

UNITED DAILY NEWS

-- Flights from Taiwan to northeast China will be shortened by 24 minutes from July 29 as a new air route opens, Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration Director-General Lee Long-wen said. -- A Taiwan-China memorandum of understanding on financial supervision could be signed within the next month, the chairwoman of state-owned Taiwan Financial Holdings said.

LIBERTY TIMES

-- The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party suspended for three years the membership of two people who attended a cultural and economic forum held by the governments of Taiwan and China earlier this month.

COMMERCIAL TIMES

-- Prime View International Co Ltd (8069.TWO) expects sales of its flexible displays to make up 70 percent of its total sales in the second half of the year following strong demand for electronic reading devices, or e-books.

ECONOMIC DAILY NEWS

-- Altek Corp (3059.TW), a digital camera unit under the Yulon group, launched its first own-brand digital camera in China on Thursday, with a sales target of more than 70,000 units this year.