Reporter sentenced for libel

Tsirang District Court has sentenced a newspaper reporter based in the dzongkhag to three months in prison for libel.

Libel is a written defamation or a published statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation.

The reporter had written about a woman mistreating her six-year-old stepdaughter on Facebook from her personal account in June last year.

The post went viral prompting police and dzongkhag representatives from relevant agencies, including RENEW, to visit the woman’s place for investigation.

The reporter can pay in lieu of prison term.

The judgment passed today also ordered the Kuensel reporter to pay Nu 45,000 in compensation to the victim.

Also, the reporter has to post an apology statement to the victim on Facebook and keep it for a month, according to the judgement.

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