PWI discharges 15 members in Palu

PWI discharges 15 members in Palu

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The provincial branch of the
Indonesian Journalists' Association (PWI) has dismissed 15 of its
members for allegedly blackmailing local officials and
businessmen.

"They have been scratched from the membership list of the PWI
for violating its code of ethics," South Sulawesi's PWI Chairman
Darwies Sijaya said here on Monday.

He declined to reveal the names of the expelled members.

Sijaya called on officials and businessmen, as well as members
of the public, to notify authorities should they find themselves
being blackmailed or harassed by journalists.

He said the PWI has teamed up with the Independent
Journalists' Association (AJI) in efforts to combat people posing
as journalists. --Antara