Militants Diktat - Newspapers Fail to Hit Stands in Manipur

Imphal, Jun 28 : Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands today as the All Manipur Working Journalists Union decided not to bring out the publications in the wake of pressures by militant outfits, official reports said.

One militant organization, Kangleipak Communist Party - Military Council (KCP-MC) which was split into two factions had threatened media houses and journalists if their diktat was not obeyed.

While one faction said their statement should be published the other said media houses would be attacked if the statement was published, the reports said.

In the course of the tussle between the two factions, the AMWJU decided not to publish the papers.

A spokesman of the AMWJU appealed to the militant outfits not to put pressure on newspapers regarding the issue of publishing statements and leave the decision on to the editors.