APNU denies harassing NCN journalists

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has described allegations that it is harassing state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) reporters as “ludicrous, disingenuous and mendacious” but said that some journalists were asked to leave a meeting after they lied about their media affiliation.

In press release yesterday, in which it called on President Donald Ramotar in his position as Minister of Information to condemn what it called a “dastardly act” by APNU, NCN said that the harassment and threats put its workers’ lives at risk.

According to the television station, which declar-ed that it is not aligned to any political party, on October 1st , APNU’s executive member and Member of Parliament (MP) Volda Lawrence during a public meeting at