After forced shutdown, CNM team returns with new site
Four months after Channel News Maldives shut down citing pressure from the government, the hard-hitting team of journalists behind the popular online paper have made a comeback as the Voice of Free Press.
20 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Four months after Channel News Maldives shut down citing pressure from the government, the hard-hitting team of journalists behind the popular online paper has regrouped and returned with a new website.
The Voice of Free Press was launched at the Salsa Royal restaurant in Malé last night by chief guest Ahmed ‘Seena’ Zahir, a former journalist, justice minister, and speaker of parliament.
Speaking at the ceremony, VFP owner and editor-in-chief, Ismail Rasheed said: “CNM was forced to close because we didn’t give in to political pressure. I assure you today that this paper, too, God willing will go forward without coming under any such influence.”
CNM was shuttered in June when Mohamed Ali Janah, a construction magnate who held a controlling share in the paper, annulled its parent company.
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