Disruption of THT, AP distribution goes on

Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, July 24:

Maoist trade union workers continued their illegal disruption of the distribution of The Himalayan Times (THT) and Annapurna Post (AP) for the sixth consecutive day today.
The workers gathered at Sama Printers (printers of THT and AP) at Bhainsepati in Lalitpur in the morning and tried to seize the newspapers.
The police, who had been deployed on the premises of Sama Printers' office, intervened and stopped the Maoist workers from seizing the newspapers.
The trade union workers then headed for the office of the newspapers at Anamnagar and organised a corner meeting there.
Though they threatened to padlock the offices at 7 in the evening, they were seen no where around the offices after the corner meet.
They also warned distributors against distributing the newspapers.
The pro-Maoist trade union workers' "agitation" drew flak and condemnation from all quarters of the society.
In separate press releases, the Nepal Press Institute (NPI), the Press Chautari Nepal and Reporters' Club Nepal condemned the act as violation of people's right to information.
"It is sad that the distribution of the newspapers has been disrupted. This has denied the people their right to information," Gokul Prasad Pokharel, chairperson of the NPI, said in a statement.
"The agitators and the management concerned should hold dialogue," Ganesh Basnet, vice-president of Press Chautari, said in a release.