Newspapers fail to hit the stands in Manipur

IMPHAL: No dailies hit the stands on Monday in Manipur as media houses decided not to bring out Monday's issue in protest against the threats from militants, sources in the media houses said.
   
Sources said while militants of a particular outfit wanted the publication of a statement issued by them, others of the same faction threatened dailies with dire consequences if the said statement was published.
   
The All Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) which discussed the issues in the past two days fervently appealed to the militants not to interrupt the smooth functioning of the dailies in the state, an AMWJU spokesman said.
  
He said the issues would be discussed today again in the general body meeting of the union and take a decision on the future course of action.
   
He pointed out that this was not the first time media got threat from militants and urged the people not to diturb the media persons and media houses in Manipur.