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Title – 6151 SAMOA: Government explores ‘legal option’ against TVNZ over gangs report
Date – 20 April 2009
Byline – None
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Samoalive Newsline, 16/04/09
Copyright – SN
Status – Unabridged
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SAMOA SEEKS LEGAL OPTION AGAINST TVNZ
www.samoalivenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2221&Itemid=59
By Pio Sioa
APIA (Samoalive Newsline/Pacific Media Watch): Samoa has enlisted the services of the New Zealand law firm of Chapman Tripp to advise on any legal options against a controversial Television New Zealand One News news report “Gangs and Drugs In Samoa”
The report was aired on 5 April 2009 by the television network.
The government alleged in a media release that the “news item portrayed Samoa as a haven for organised gangs and drug dealers”.
“The reputation and image of Samoa has been tainted by [the] inaccurate news,” the release said.
The Ministry of Police has learned from investigations that “certain individuals who appeared in the news item were asked by those involved with TVNZ One News to act as though they were gangsters and drug dealers for the purposes of a ‘documentary’.”
Police further said that the television crew “provided alcohol to other locals involved in return for their cooperation with the ‘documentary’.
“The government is concerned by the inaccurate report and the seeming lack of professionalism of the reporting of this news item,” the release said.
“There is a risk that the recent news item has damaged the reputation of Samoa as a safe and secure place for tourists.”
The Chapman Tripp legal firm is expected to consider the options for Samoa against the television network ‘within New Zealand”.
Uppermost in the concerns raised by government is the damage to the tourism industry that Samoa relies on heavily “as one of its main source[s] of income , especially during the current world economic crisis”.
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