Joint Statement by Journalists,
30 Apr 2012
Joint matter condemning danger as well as assault opposite journalists
We, members of a broadcasting companionship of Malaysia, appalled by a attacks upon reporters covering a mass open convene upon a streets of Kuala Lumpur upon Saturday Apr 28, as well as by restrictions imposed upon media coverage of a rally,
CONDEMN a make use of of danger as well as assault opposite journalists,
CONDEMN all actions preventing reporters as well as a media from providing full, satisfactory as well as correct coverage of events that have been of concern to Malaysians,
CONDEMN a movement of media organisations in self-denial reports or being complicit in a news blackout of attacks upon journalists,
CALL FOR evident as well as organisation movement by a supervision of Malaysia, a Ministry of Home Affairs, as well as a Royal Malaysia Police opposite all those concerned in these acts of assault as well as danger to prevent reporters from carrying out their avocation as well as depriving Malaysian citizens of fair, full as well as correct journalism; and
CALL UPON a supervision of Malaysia, a Ministry of Home Affairs as well as a Royal Malaysia Police to give their declaration of organisation movement to ensure a safety of reporters during open events as well as to strengthen a right of all reporters to cover open events but fright of assault as well as intimidation, as well as but division from a authorities. According to published reports as well as information from a colleagues:
One publisher suffered head injuries when pounded by a crowd;
One journalist, assaulted by police, was feared to have suffered broken ribs
Two reporters were arrested by military whilst upon duty;
Several reporters reported being pounded by police;
A woma! nlike pu blisher was manhandled by multiform masculine police;
Photographic equipment was smashed or destroyed;
Data storage cards of journalists' cameras were removed as well as destroyed; an
Journalists were systematic not to take photographs of military actions.
The movement by members of a military force, assumingly acting upon orders, or 'arahan dari atas', was taken directly opposite reporters engaged in carrying out their duties as well as obviously aimed during preventing reporters from stating accurately upon events that they witnessed, as well as in multiform cases to privately prevent them from stating upon military movement to sunder a rally.
These actions upon a belligerent have been in approach contradiction of a Malaysian government's declarations of respect of a rights of reporters as well as a mass media, as well as of a Government's intention to lift out reforms for a vibrant Malaysia media that will hold its place in a universe media community.
It is a avocation of all reporters as well as of a media to yield full, satisfactory as well as correct reports as well as keep citizens sensitive of stream issues that have been of concern. Violence as well as danger have been acts of censorship to prevent open believe of these events.
We titillate a Malaysian government, as well as generally a Ministry of Home Affairs as well as a Royal Malaysia Police, to live up to their responsibilities to safeguard a purpose of a media in carrying out their avocation to surprise a Malaysian people, as well as to ensure that reporters have been able to inform openly but danger as well as interference, generally from a authorities.
Asohan Aryaduray,
Chong Cheng Hai,
Deborah Loh,
Gobind Rudra,
Jacqueline Ann Surin,
Jahabar Sadiq,
K Kabilan,
KL Chan,
Premesh Chandran,
Steven Gan.
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