NewsWhore
09-18-2008, 05:30 PM
A judge has authorized the use of public force to seize archived tapes from the offices of investigative journalists Huchi Lora and Nuria Piera. The unedited tapes are said to include unaired footage of interviews with Ladom managers. Ladom, beneficiary of 40% of public school breakfast drink supplies in last school year, sued the journalists after they refused to retract statements about substandard quality milk produced by the company for the public school breakfast program. The minimum protein level established by the Ministry of Education was 3.3%, but a lab test aired by Piera showed that the protein level in Ladom's milk was below 1%.
The judges also asked for the samples and proof obtained at the Milk Training Center at the UASD and Agricultural Laboratories to be seized in order to verify the claims made by Lora and Piera.
Lora says that the order is an attempt to intimidate investigative journalists in the country. Both Lora and Piera's lawyers posted an opposition to the court order. Piera said that the remaining material was never aired and so cannot be used as part of the suit by Ladom's lawyers. However, she added that material could be used to defend their own case, and will be brought to court in due course.
Piera's and Lora's reports led new Education Minister Melanio Paredes to announce a 15-day nationwide monitoring of company supplies nationwide. Nevertheless, the Ministry of Education announced it was lowering the nutritional minimum standard to 3% protein.
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The judges also asked for the samples and proof obtained at the Milk Training Center at the UASD and Agricultural Laboratories to be seized in order to verify the claims made by Lora and Piera.
Lora says that the order is an attempt to intimidate investigative journalists in the country. Both Lora and Piera's lawyers posted an opposition to the court order. Piera said that the remaining material was never aired and so cannot be used as part of the suit by Ladom's lawyers. However, she added that material could be used to defend their own case, and will be brought to court in due course.
Piera's and Lora's reports led new Education Minister Melanio Paredes to announce a 15-day nationwide monitoring of company supplies nationwide. Nevertheless, the Ministry of Education announced it was lowering the nutritional minimum standard to 3% protein.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)