Reporter at Nepal Samacharpatra daily Buddha Nepali received threat of attack over news on December 26. The incident took place in Sindhuli district, Bagmati Province.
Freedom Forum's representative for the province, Rammani Dahal reported that Nepali was threatened for news published on the print version of the daily. The news titled- Simle Hayatar road construction reaches 45% at the end of contract period.
Representative Dahal quoted reporter Nepali as saying that after publication of news contractor of the construction Subash Waiba called Nepali on phone and said that he would go to Ghyanglekh rural municipality to attack the reporter.
After the threat, reporter Nepali sought support from fellow journalists. Following this, FNJ district chapter called both to discuss the incident. During meeting, contractor Waiba assured that he will not abuse any journalists over news in the future.
Freedom Forum condemns the threat issued to reporter. Though the contractor agreed not to abuse journalists over news, he should also be aware that filing complaint at the Press Council Nepal for any dissatisfaction over published news is a legitimate process.