Nepal gov't plans to use journalists as informants

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.