Nepalese newspapers warned by King Gyanendra

Two newspapers in Nepal came under fire yesterday for their reports saying the royal government was planning new limits on the media on top of restrictions already imposed when King Gyanendra seized control of the country in February.

The Press Council, a nominally independent panel that monitors the media but which is widely considered to favor the king’s administration, said the reports in the Kantipur and Kathmandu Post newspapers were groundless and based on speculation.

The council demanded that the two newspapers clarify why they published the reports, giving them seven days to respond. The newspapers said they stood by their story.

“We will protest and fight the allegations. We stand by our story and believe it was an attempt by the government to control the media,” Kantipur news editor Gunaraj Luitel said.

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