Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 07 2008:
A MEETING of the All Manipur Working Journalists' Union today while terming the incident of detention of reporters covering a reported encounter at Thambal Khong Sabal Leikai yesterday as an act of uncivilized people had strongly condemned the event.
Mention may be made that locals of the Thambal Khong Sabal Leikai in Imphal east detained reporters who entered to the area on getting information that police commandos killed two suspected militants in an encounter alleging that they colluded with the police in killing people.
Such acts of detention of the reporters who are working day and night braving all weathers is an act of the people who have no light of development and have no idea of what journalists are doing is a very unfortunate thing, a statement of the AMWJU said.
They should know that journalists have no friend or enemy and it is a normal practice of the journalists to rush to the spot where an incident occurred and covered the same, AMWJU said urging the local people not to level any such unfounded allegations to the reporters in future.
The body also sought the co-operation of the people in giving detail and true report of an incident.