世新大學九十一學年度碩士班招生考試試題

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傳播研究所	英文

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Part of a news story by the China Post is shown below. The story outlines the action that our National Security Bureau（國安局） has taken against Next Magazine （壹週刊）on March 21 . The event inspires severe debates on whether considerations of national security should be preferred over freedom of speech (and freedom of the press). After reading this story, please write a short essay to respond to the following questions. You are encouraged to give evidence to substantiate your claims.

(1) Do you agree that the raids by the authorities are justifiable? Why/why not?

(2) Should Next Magazine be free to publish what they want to? Why/why not?

(3) What should be done to resolve the controversies between consideration of national security and freedom of speech (and freedom of the press)

Your essay should be written in English, and it will be scored on three parts: content (50%), sentence structure (25), and grammar (25)

英文中國郵報

chinapost.com.tw

NSB raids offices of Next Magazine

2002/3/21
The China Post staff

The high-profile Liu Kuan-chun embezzlement case was in the limelight again yesterday, with law enforcement authorities raiding Next Magazine's offices, on charges of attempting to leak state secrets by publishing classified government documents allegedly offered by Liu.

Acting on the request of the National Security Bureau (NSB), a team of prosecutors and police officers, headed by Public Prosecutor General Wu Kuo-ai, raided the Next offices early in the morning.

Accompanied by NSB officials, two other investigative teams searched the tabloid's printing shop on the outskirts of Taipei and a Next reporter's home in Taoyuan County, respectively.

A total of 160,000 copies of the tabloid's No. 43 issue, which were to be circulated today, were seized in the raids. The edition carried a cover story and several other related articles detailing the NSB's secret expense accounts used to bankroll spy operations in mainland China as well as research programs and diplomatic missions.

The Public Prosecutors' Office of the Taiwan High Court said the raids were launched primarily for safeguarding national security.

"The raids should not be viewed as an infringement upon press freedom," said prosecutor Shih Liang-po, who took part in the raids and concurrently served as spokesman for the high court prosecutors' office.