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Anti-media protest organizers visit political parties


Journalism professor Chang Chin-hua, hands an appeal letter to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary-General Lin Hsi-yao, second right, as DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming, right, looks during a meeting at DPP headquarters yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Organizers of an anti-media monopoly protest yesterday visited major political parties and received positive responses to their advocacy and their call for legislation to regulate media company’s market shares.

Journalists, journalism professors and associations, students and NGOs gave letters to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) and the People First Party (PFP) asking for their support at a protest scheduled for tomorrow in Taipei.

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Ex-president writes of ‘death in prison’

Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) talked about his possible death in prison and criticized regulations on medical parole in his weekly column published yesterday.

“It would not be a surprise if the headline ‘Chen Shui-bian dies in prison’ appears on every media outlet someday,” Chen, who is serving a 17-and-a-half-year sentence for corruption, wrote in his weekly column, titled “Death of a president,” for the Chinese-language weekly Next Magazine.

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A Republic of China Air Force F-16 (top) shadows a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force H-6 bomber over the Bashi Channel on Feb. 10.
Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Defense via CNA

China is stepping up its military preparedness to overtake Taiwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) said yesterday, following a spike of Chinese drills near the nation.