Tuesday, May 11, 2010

[pima.nius] COOK IS: Police drop trespass charges against CI News reporter

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Title – 6858 COOK IS: Police drop trespass charges against CI News reporter
Date – 11 May 2010
Byline – None
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Radio NZ International, 11/5/10
Copyright – RNZI
Status – Unabridged
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POLICE DROP TRESPASS CHARGES AGAINST LOCAL REPORTER
www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=53479

RAROTONGA (Radio NZ International/Pacific Media Watch): A lack of evidence has prompted the police in the Cook Islands to drop trespass charges against a local journalist, Helen Greig.

The Cook Islands News reporter had been trying to take photographs of a vehicle owned by the suspended head of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation, John Tini.

Greig had maintained she was on a public road but Tini filed a complaint with police.

However, the Police Commissioner, Maara Tetava, says there was not sufficient evidence to proceed with the charges.

"I just feel that is was the right thing to do. I wasn't prepared to proceed with prosecution action when the new evidence was revealed, as well as my review of the investigation that was done by police."

-- The Cook Islands Police Commissioner, Maara Tetava.

* A delegation from the Cook Islands, including Cook Islands News managing editor John Woods and journalist Rachel Reeves, was at the World Press Freedom Day conference at the University of Queensland in Brisbane on May 2-3, 2010. To mark this important day, the Cook Islands News has published a special three-page feature, including Greig's personal story. Read it on the Pacific Media Watch database here:
http://kauri.aut.ac.nz:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/3167

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