DhiFM Plus asked to publicly apologise for upside down pictures
24 Mar 2014, 12:22 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has asked private media outlet DhiFM Plus to issue a public apology for broadcasting an upside down picture of former Elections Commissioner President Fuwad Thowfeek.
In a statement (Dhivehi) on MBC’s website, the commission has noted that the act was in violation of the broadcasting code of practice and that it had violated the honour of Thowfeek.
MBC said that the commission had previously advised the TV station that content containing upside down pictures of persons were in violation to the broadcasting code of practice but that the TV station had failed to correct it.
The TV station was asked to issue a statement of apology before 26 March and to display the statement from 8pm to 10pm.
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