E-Kantipur

KATHMANDU, FEB 13 - The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) on Saturday strongly denounced the threats issued to the chairman of the Kantipur Publications and the editors of The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur.

Issuing a statement, the FNJ central committee said the threats given to them over the issue of covering news on slain media entrepreneur Jamin Shah has drawn the media body's serious attention.

An email sent to Kantipur Chairman Kailash Sirohiya on Friday had asked not to give coverage to Shah's murder. Editors of the Post and Kantipur also received threats in the similar vein over phone on Thursday and Friday. The unidentified caller, who spoke in Hindi and English,  had asked the editors to stop giving coverage to Shah's murder and warned of serious consequences.

Two unidentified gunmen had killed Shah at Lazimpat in the Capital on Sunday afternoon.

"It is serious security lapse on the part of government's security agency. It has been a week but the government has failed to bring the assassins to book," said the statement. FNJ charged the government of not taking Shah's murder seriously.

Demanding that the government take immediate steps to ensure security to mediapersons and take action against those who issued the threats, FNJ urged journalists to work responsibly.

Similarly, Freedom Forum, a media watchdog, said it was alarmed by the threats issued to chairman and editors of Kantipur.

It has urged the government to investigate into the incident at the earliest. The Forum has also asked the government to ensure security to media sector.

 

Posted on: 2010-02-14 03:26

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