MNBC to report MP Mahlouf to police for alleged assault of journalist
03 Nov 2011, 2:26 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A journalist at the Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) has claimed that Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) MP Ahmed Mahlouf assaulted him after Tuesday’s night live coverage of the National Security Committee meeting.
”He came towards me while I was waiting in the corridor and asked me rudely why I was broadcasting the parliament live” said the MNBC reporter, who wished to remain anonymous. ”I said that decision was not up to me and he told me to inform all my superiors that any equipment brought inside the parliament will be destroyed.”
He said the Galolhu South MP then pushed him against the wall and elbowed him on the stomach.
”I told him to get off me, but he then again hit me in the chest,” he said. ”Then he left the area.”
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