Nepal gov't plans to use journalists as informants
KATHMANDU/ October 7. KAZINFORM The Nepali government is planning to use journalists as paid informants under the special security campaign it is preparing to launch, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
According to Wednesday's nepalnews.com report, the Home Ministry has proposed to keep journalists on its pay-roll both in the center as well as in the districts for the campaign.
It plans to include journalists in sub-committees to be formed in the center and the districts led by a Home Ministry official and a National Investigation Department officer, respectively.
According to the plan, the sub-committee in the districts will include three journalists -- a representative of a local FM radio, a TV journalist and a print journalist.
Likewise, the committee in the center will include three senior journalists, a senior FM radio journalist and a senior TV journalist.
It has warned the government not to go ahead with such a plan. The FNJ has also urged all its members not to be part of the government plan saying it would cancel the membership of journalists who join the sub-committees, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version.