Journalists need to act more professionally to prevent further confrontation: MJA, MBC
24 Feb 2013, 7:28 PM
Luke Powell
National media body figureheads have called on journalists to act more professionally to prevent future confrontations between themselves and the public.
Their comments follow a brutal attack on a senior reporter from the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)-aligned Raajje TV station, who was left in a critical condition.
The reporter, Ibrahim ‘Aswad’ Waheed, was attacked with an iron bar while riding on a motorcycle near the artificial beach area in the capital Male’.
Two Television Maldives (TVM) journalists were also attacked on the same night with an irritant – reported to be paint thinner in local media – while covering protests on Sosun Magu in Male’.
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