Kantipur Chairman, Editors threatened
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KATHMANDU, FEB 13 - The chairman and editors of The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur received threats from unidentified sources to stop the newspapers’ coverage on the killing of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah. Shah was killed on Sunday afternoon by unidentified gunmen here in Lazimpat.
Chairman and Managing Director of Kantipur Publications Kailash Sirohiya received an email on Friday to that effect. Editors of the Post and Kantipur, Akhilesh Upadhyay and Sudheer Sharma, received threats over telephone on Thursday and Friday.
“Stop immediately the kind of news coverage you have been giving to Jamim’s killing, or else you will face serious consequences within 15 days,” said a caller to Sharma. The caller used both English and Hindi. Upadhyay was asked to “shut up or we will make you shut up”.
The email sent to Sirohiya asks him to stop the coverage on Shah or face consequences within 15 days.
Posted on: 2010-02-13 08:42
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