Posted by: CHYAME KANCHA December 30, 2008
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Kantipur scribe receives death threat from Maoist
appointee
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 30 - A member of the Board of
Directors of Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) under the Ministry of
Environment, Science and Technology, Deepak Bahadur Shahi, threatened to take
life of journalist Bikash Thapa of Kantipur daily on Tuesday.
The death threat to Thapa, a senior journalist, came two days after the government committed to protect journalists and press freedom.
Shahi, who was appointed to the post in CPN-Maoist quota came to the Kantipur Publications and threatened Thapa over the news story published in today's edition of Kantipur titled Solar Jadaan Nagari Sarkari Anudaan (Govt Aid without installing solar panels).
"Be careful, anything can happen to you at any time," threatened Shahi, claiming to be a Maoist. Shahi had arrived at the publications today along with other two associates.The news has reported that Shahi being fined by the AEPC for taking government donation without installing solar technology in the rural areas. The news mentioned that the AEPC Board of Directors had appointed Shahi, a minor technician, its member by removing an engineer.
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