Morang journo demand security

MORANG: The Morang-based journalists have demanded their security with the police administration after the Morang district chief of UML’s Youth Association Nepal (YAN), Rabin Thapa, threatened to attack the journalists if they were against the YAN leaders. The journalists have also demanded action against Thapa.

The journalists have submitted a memorandum at the district police office, demanding their security after Thapa threatened the journalists on August 11 speaking at a corner assembly organized by the YAN.

Eastern coordinator of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Mohan Kaji Neupane, Morang chair of FNJ, Bikram Niraula, district coordinator of the Revolutionary Journalists’ Association, Ganesh Lamsal, and others have condemned the threat against the journalists. Receiving the memorandum, Superintendent of Police (SP), Pradhumna Karki, said the police is committed to providing security to all people by ending rampant hooliganism and all sorts of criminal activities in the district.