International Women's Association Fiji President, Judy Compain has hit out at Minister for Information, Lynda Tabuya after the Minister accused the mainstream media of spreading malinformation, which is when true information is shared with the intention to cause harm or embarrassment.
Tabuya said in parliament that it is true that the lift at CWM Hospital was not working, but added that if media organisations had dug a little deeper into the issue, it would not have been taken out of context and published without proper context.
She says the lift broke down at 2.30am and the Ministry moved fast to rectify it throughout the day and then managed to get it fixed and by that time, the Ministry had been attacked.
Tabuya says lifts break down but they ask the media to report fairly and at least, get a statement from the Ministry of Health and how they also took steps to rectify it.
She claims it was certainly put out to embarrass the Ministry.
The Minister further says that it also includes the leaking of confidential details where for instance confidential information being leaked from the Fiji Police has been investigated as well, and that also amounts to a crime.
She stresses that the sharing of private information without consent is a crime as well.
Meanwhile Compain asks Tabuya when was the last time she visited CWM Hospital, and questions whether the lift broke down once.
She says that lift has broken down repeatedly, over and over again.
Compain says this was not a...
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