Monday, October 12, 2009

Manipur scribes boycott govt news

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MPHAL: Reacting sharply to alleged high handedness of Manipur police commandos against two scribes, the media fraternity of the state has
decided to abstain from all development news of the Okram Ibobi Singh government with immediate effect.

The decision was taken following an emergency meeting of All Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) on Sunday evening.

Ayekpam Birjit, a reporter of a vernacular eveninger along with his two friends, including a newsman, were moving along Paona Bazzar' BT road crossing on Saturday night when some police commandos waylaid them around 10 and detained them for an hour.

The commandos, who were in an inebriated state, even threatened to shoot them.

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