Imphal, June 26: A three member team of the Press Council of India is visiting Imphal to take stock of the condition of the journalist fraternity working in the state of Manipur.
All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union President, Wangkhemcha Shyamjai while speaking to reporters said that the 3 member team comprising of Amarnath, member PCI, Rajendra kumar, member PCI and Nayak member PCI will be visiting the state on July 4. The PCI team will be meeting the Chief Minister, Chief Secretary and other high officials of the state government during their stay in Imphal.
Syamjai said that the PCI team is expected to take stock of the various threat to media houses as well as journalists of the state.
“Since the last many years media community in the state has been facing lot of disturbances from different sections, there were incidence of journalists facing bomb threats, gun fire at media houses and threatening of journalists in the state”, Shyamjai said.
The AMWJU also recount the incidents at which seven working journalist have been killed by either the UGs or the state force during various incidents occurred between June 30, 1993 to December 23, 2012.
The visit is in response to the complaints made from the state journalists against the various kind of threats received by the state journalists.
Shyamjai further appealed to all members of AMWJU to take part at the receiving ceremony of the PCI team on July 4.
Meanwhile, Shyamjai said that AMWJU will stop distributing rice to its members due to the implementation of Food Security Act since April 2016.