Mail News Service
Imphal, July 19: The firing on Tongam Rina, Associate Editor, Arunachal Times and President of the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists was condemned by Impulse NGO Network’s . It condemned the cowardly and brutal attack on Tongam Rina whom we all have known and loved for her courage and passion in bringing out truth to the public through her journalism.
The police are still clueless on the identity of the gunman who shot her and there has been no arrest till now. We would request all our media partners to stand together and ask for proper government investigation as soon as possible and bring justice to her.
Further there is also a need to push for the issue of media personnel’s security. The government should ensure the safety of the media personnel who takes up so much risk and courage to bring information and truth to the public. We all need to protest and stand together and ensure that the government takes stern action and takes positive step to ensure safety of press personnel.
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