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Five top Iraqi officers arrest
Five top Iraq police officers have been arrested in connection to the largest mass abduction since the start of the Iraq war.
Hundreds of US and Iraqi army and police forces swept through Baghdad in armoured vehicles on Tuesday in the search for more than 100 government employees who were kidnapped by militants wearing police uniforms. The kidnapping took place at a research institute of the ministry of research and higher education in central Baghdad.
Confirming the incident, Minister of Research and Higher Education Abd Tiyab Al-Ojaili said in a press statement that a ... Read more
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Bangkok Post - Thailand
20 December 2005
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Police to review interview ban
Police may review a controversial ban on journalists interviewing criminal suspects after a senior media figure said yesterday it could lead to basic rights violations as a result of fewer channels being afforded to the suspects to defend themselves. Royal Thai Police spokesman Lt-Gen Achirawit Suphanphesat promised to reconsider the ban in talks with the national police chief after listening to comments from Matichon executive director Pongsak Phayakvichien.
Mr Pongsak told a forum, held by the Confederation of Journalists yesterday, that the ban had caused ripple effects and was not necessarily for the better.
``It directly affects people, not the members of the media. Crime news is only one beat and there are many other kinds of news for reporters,'' said Mr Pongsak, also president of the confederation.
The ban has drawn flak mainly from crime reporters who view it as a hindrance to their news reports.
The role of journalists is to report stories in a balanced manner, which means two opposite sides should be able to give information, Mr Pongsak said.
Mr Pongsak said crime suspects should have the right to complain or speak to the press as they could not always find lawyers to speak on their behalf and the government usually could not find them lawyers.
Crime suspects, according to the new police rule, have to let lawyers speak for them during police investigations. Lt-Gen Achirawit said the rule, which took effect last month, was enforced after some media reports influenced people's judgement.
There had been correct and incorrect information in those reports and people tended to base their judgements on the media perspective. But, Lt-Gen Achirawit said, in some cases, the reports were abitrary and incriminating to the suspects.
This had led to many complaints by suspects who sued the Royal Thai Police Office for damage to their reputation.
``Media rights must not infringe on an individual's right to privacy,'' said Lt-Gen Achirawit, also an assistant police chief.
He also said the ban would also prevent some police officers from forcing crime suspects to give interviews to the media.
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