Following concerns raised by media activists in the North, a special committee is to be set up to investigate disappearances and deaths of journalists in the region. The Secretary to the President is to head the committee which will also probe into various issues faced by regional journalists and make recommendations to rectify them.
The committee will also include the Director General of the Government Information Department, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Media, and the Commissioner General of the Department of Labour.
The committee is expected to report back to the President in three months time.
Expressing his concerns at the meeting Northern journalist Kandasamy Selvakumar said no action had been taken previously despite concerns being raised regarding these journalists.
According to them legal action had only been taken regarding two out of 44 journalists named as dead or missing in a report handed over to the government two years ago.
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