JOURNALIST UNDERPRESSURE TO REVEAL SOURCE

On June 12, British Broadcasting Corporation correspondent Nechi
Lyimo, was interrogated for about five hours by police in the Moshi
Kilimanjaro region to reveal the source of an article which appeared
in January in the satirical weekly newspaper, "Sanifu". The article
reported on an unnamed Assistant Bishop who was having an affair with
a married woman in his congregation. Lyimo, who has never worked for
"Sanifu" and had nothing to do with the story, told MISA that the
police informed him that he would be called as a witness but to date
he has neither any knowledge of the case nor has he been called as
a witness.

MISA has learned that another journalist for "Majira" newspaper was
approached by a policeman and other two journalists have also been
approached by private individuals offering them money to reveal the
source. Meanwhile, the Acting Regional Commander of the police in the
Kilimanjaro region explained to journalists that the interrogation of Lyimo
was an irregularity.

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