Journalists obstructed us during October protest coverage, say police
18 Jan 2011, 3:55 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Maldives Police Service has issued a statement following allegations made by the Maldives Media Council (MMC) that police used excessive force on journalists while they were covering the opposition-led protest in October 2010.
”On October 25, the behavior of the journalists covering the riot was different from how they have behaved during other riots, and they were definitely behaving in a way that that obstructed police from carrying out their duties,” said police in a statement.
”The Maldives Police Service hopes that the MMC, as the lawful body [overseeing] the media, will research the degraded actions of a few journalists who were active in the area and will work with them to correct their behaviour.”
The MMC has acknowledged that the behaviour of some journalists covering the riot “lacked discipline and professionalism”.
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