Monday, July 6, 2009

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Yangon local journal said their reporter did not breach any ethic or rules and regulations

Weekly Eleven on its website (www.first-11.com) criticized the two media outfits saying it was an “act of violating the journalistic code”, for allegedly using a second source based story related to its reporter Win Myint Kyaw, saying neither sought confirmation from the journal.
that website stated as follow .

The news of Reporter Ko Win Myint Kyaw of the Weekly Eleven News Journal broadcasted by the RFA and the Mizzima News have deviated from the actual event. The followings are the explanation of the Weekly Eleven News Journal about the recent incident.

The report from the RFA was that Reporter Ko Win Myint Kyaw of the Weekly Eleven News Journal bribed to a security employee of the Yangon General Hospital to take the photos of 13-year old A/H1N1 infected girl after saying he was a reporter of RFA; that he was quarantined at the Yangon General Hospital as soon as the incident has just happened; that he met with the responsible doctor after entering the room of the patient; that the authorities have kept him.

Moreover the Mizziama news agency reported with the so-called quote of a senior doctor that the young journalist did not use surgical mask and that he took the photos of A/H1N1 infected girl after bribing the security employee at the scene.

The real incident was that Ko Win Myint Kyaw and Ko Wai Yan Phyo Oo, the reporters of the Weekly Eleven News Journal, went to the Yangon General Hospital to cover the news in the morning of 28 June 2009. On the way, Ko Win Myint Kyaw was wearing the surgical mask. They first met with the deputy superintendent of the hospital. The latter suggested to interview with the medical superintendent of the hospital. Having known the A/H1N1 patient was being accommodated at the Tetanus Ward, they proceeded to there, and where they saw only one security employee. As he did not obstruct them, Ko Win Myint Kyaw went straight into the room of A/H1N1 patient. However, Ko Wai Yan Phyo Oo did not follow him, and waited for him at the outside of quarantine area. Ko Win Myint Kyaw took the photo of the patient at about 12 feet away from the latter for only a few seconds, and then he immediately went out of the room. While a responsible person of the hospital asked Ko Win Myint Kyaw if he was a doctor of a certain ward, he replied that he was just a journalist, not a doctor. Then Ko Win Myint Kyaw and Ko Wai Yan Phyo Oo returned from the Yangon General Hospital.

On the way back to the office, the two journalists went to the house of H1N1 patient located at the Wingaba Road of Bahan Township. They met only with some responsible persons of the quarter outside the house.

One of the responsible persons told them that they could not be allowed to enter the house; that the responsible doctors came to the house; the patient was getting relieved from the H1N1 flu. The responsible person of the quarter asked them where they come from. They replied they are from a news journal. After taking the photo of the house from outside, they returned to office. After that, due to the request of some responsible persons for the welfare of the public, Ko Win Myint Kyaw was sent to the Yangon General Hospital by the own program of the Weekly Eleven News Journal. Then, under the management of Dr. Nu Nu Thar, the medical superintendent of the Yangon General Hospital, he was preceded to Waibargi Hospital.

In this recent event, the RFA and the Mizzima News neglected on the strenuous efforts of a local journalist in covering a breaking news, and broadcasted that the journalist bribed the security employee of the hospital to take the photo of H1N1 patient; that he did not wear any facial protection mask. These news agencies broadcasted such random news without asking the reliable data to the journal, and their reports did not accord with the ethics of media persons. The responsible persons of the Weekly Eleven News Journal can answer to the questions under the rules and regulations of the country. However, these foreign news agencies recklessly posted unconfirmed news on their websites. Therefore, the Weekly Eleven News Journal strongly opposes to such irresponsible reports of RFA and Mizzama News.

It has been learnt that as Reporter Ko Win Myint Kyaw was not infected with A/H1N1 flu, or he did not suffer illness, he will be discharged from the Waibargi Hospital after 10 days of observation.
Wrong report of the Voice Weekly

The news writing of the ‘Voice Weekly’ Vol.5, No.35 (6-12 June, 2009), ‘… a reporter who interviewed with the 13 year-old A/H1N1 infected girl…’ stated under the headline news “A total of 203 people, including one reporter, observed suspect of A/H1N1” did not accord with the actual event.

In fact, Reporter Win Myint Kyaw did not interview with A/H1N1 infected girl.