Police association’s statement will encourage corruption: DRU

Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) has expressed deep concern over the Bangladesh Police Service Association's (BPSA) statement about journalists.

The reaction of some quarters and organisations, after the recent media reports on the alleged corruption of former and incumbent police officers, undermines the principles of independent journalism, DRU said in a statement issued on Sunday.

"All information is important to the media. But the core responsibility of the journalists is to provide investigative reports on various topics. Journalists search for facts and publish them professionally," DRU President Syed Shukur Ali Shuvo and General Secretary Mohi Uddin said in the statement.

“We do not believe that reports of some powerful incumbent and former government officials amassing unusual illegal wealth have been published with any special purpose,” they said, adding that journalists always publish stories based on facts.

It is very natural that an investigative report may go against someone, the DRU leaders said.

“In that case, it is the responsibility of those mentioned in the news to prove whether the published information about them is correct or not.”