15 journalists receive death threats over gang reporting
04 Aug 2014, 9:51 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
Fifteen journalists received murder threats via text message on Sunday warning them against reporting on gangs in the wake of street violence which has seen at least one death and nine injured.
“[We] will kill you if you keep writing inappropriate articles about gangs in the media,” the message from an unlisted number said.
Journalists from Haveeru, Raajje TV, Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), VTV, Sun Online, and Vaguthu received the death threat.
Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) president and a long time journalist Ahmed ‘Hiriga’ Zahir said the threats have been brought to the attention of the Maldives Police Service (MPS).
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