Chen backs press freedom over security

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President Chen Shui-bian (???) yesterday said he would choose to sacrifice national security to defend freedom of press should the dilemma arise of a conflict between the two.

"Although there are people who disagree with this rhetoric, I will stand firm on this stance," Chen told a delegation headed by International Federation of Journalists president Christopher Warren at the Presidential Office yesterday afternoon.

Chen said that Taiwan, having progressed from the oppression of the Martial Law era to consolidating its democracy and freedom, wouldn't be the way it is today without the media's efforts and its vision for democracy.

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