I am surprised that the news was published saying that the telephone conversation was threatened: Foreign Minister Rana
The media house has issued a statement protesting that Foreign Minister Arju Rana Deuba threatened Nepal Republic Media Director Shobha Gyawali.
Citizens say that the foreign minister has threatened about the issue of arrest warrant by the cyber bureau of police against journalist Dilbhushan Pathak and the publication of news and editorials by Republic English daily. Cyber Bureau has issued an arrest warrant based on the complaint filed by Foreign Minister Deuba's son Jayveer Deuba.
It is mentioned in the statement that Foreign Minister Rana called Director Gyawali on Thursday afternoon at 1:53 PM through the WhatsApp of his personal assistant Kamal Rawal and threatened to destroy the media and its owners. In a statement released by
media, it is said, 'Foreign Minister Rana has used threatening language during a telephone conversation lasting about four minutes.' Mentioning that the threat given by the foreign minister has shaken the confidence of the Nepalese government towards freedom of press and expression, the statement said, 'We demand that the arrogance of the state center against freedom of expression and press should end.'
Talking to Kantipur Director Gyawali said that even though there is a lawful way to discuss or seek legal remedies if there is disagreement with the published news, it is not acceptable to make threatening statements. She said, 'I did not expect such threatening language from the foreign minister.'
Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Rana has mentioned that she is surprised that news has been published in the Citizen Daily that the telephone conversation with director Gyawali on Thursday was threatened.
Publicizing her views on Facebook, she said that instead of publishing news using the video as a source, she suggested that news should be published only after understanding the truth. I am surprised to see that he broke the phone conversation between us and published news in his own newspaper saying that he had been threatened.
