IMPHAL, Jan 24 : The All Manipur Working Journalists Union, AMWJU, has in an emergency meeting today decided to indefinitely suspend the editor of the afternoon daily Kanglaipaki Meira from the union for having personally issued press identity cards to certain leaders of the KCP, who were arrested from outside the state recently, a press statement by the AMWJU said.
It may be recalled, two editors, Wangkhemcha Shyamjai of the Kangleipaki Meira and Saikhom Jugol of Meeyam a morning daily, were reported to have personally issued press identity cards to some of the leaders of the KCP arrested from Delhi and Bangalore recently.
The AMWJU in follow up action, confirmed the report from the Bishenpur district police SP and also from the two editors themselves, and have as a consequence decided on the action.
Jugol who is also a member of the Editors` Forum, has been dropped from the forum, according to the report tabled before the AMWJU by representatives of the Editors` Forum, it said.
Further, the AMWJU meeting also decided that the AMWJU would institute an inquiry into the incident by a enquiry team headed by the AMWJU general secretary, it said.
The report of the enquiry team would be tabled before a general body meeting of the scribes body within a week, the statement said.
Yesterday, in a release from SP, Bishnupur district had said two of the five KCP leaders arrested in New Delhi carried with them press identity cards issued by two newspapers in Imphal.
The arrested men are Chongtham Manglemjao alias K.K. Mangang alias Ngouba alias Irabot alias Koi age 56, son of (late) Ch. Mani of Nagamapal Singjubung Leirak, Imphal West, general secretary cum foreign secretary of KCP; Naorem Amumacha alias Yambung age 56, son of N. Hera of Kakwa Naorem Leikai, president elect of KCP; Chongtham Ibomcha Singh age 35, son of (late) Mani of Singjubung Leikai, Imphal West, collection of finance in-charge KCP; Ngarianbam Ratan, 36, son of Ng. Ibobi of Thangmeiband Lairenhanjaba Leikai, assistant aid of K.K.Mangang.
They were arrested from their hideouts in Delhi on January 17. A case has been registered and presently they are in Delhi Police custody.
Two other hardcore leaders of KCP, Naorem Brojen alias James alias City Meitei alias Hobi, 32, son of N. Nara Singh of Tentha Khunou Bazar Naorem Leikai, Thoubal District and Naorem Romesh Singh, 31, son of N. Manihar of Tentha Khunou Bazar Naorem Leikai, Thoubal District, at present residing in Lamboi Khongnangkhong, Imphal West District were also arrested from their hideouts in Bangalore on January 19 and brought to Imphal today. A case has been registered against him by the police.
Among those who carried a press identity card was Amumacha, the KCP president elect. He had a valid Sub-Editor I-card of Kangleipak Meir, the police statement had said.
The other arrested man who had a press identity card in his possession was Ngarianbam Ratan. He had a reporter`s card of Meeyam morning daily, according to the police.
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