16 April 2007

Alert

Football official suspended for assaulting journalist


Incident details

Julu Johnson

journalist(s)

assaulted

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(MFWA/IFEX) - The Liberian Football Association (LFA) on 9 April 2007 suspended its secretary general, Napoleon Japloe for one month for assaulting Julu Johnson, sports editor of the independent Monrovia-based the "News" newspaper.

According to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) correspondent, the LFA took the decision following calls by members of the Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) for punitive action to be taken against the football official. An official of SWAL, Numennie Williams who witnessed the attack on 31 March 2007 condemned it and vowed to ensure that the matter was investigated and the LFA official dealt with.

Japloe attacked Johnson for allegedly writing an "erroneous" article about him. The incident occurred at the headquarters of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Monrovia.



Source

Media Foundation for West Africa
PO Box LG 730
30 Duade Street, Kokomlemle
Legon, Accra
Ghana
alerts (@) mediafound.org
Phone: +233 21 242470
Fax: +233 21 221084
 

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