PETALING JAYA: Journalists must come up with thorough risk assessment strategies before entering conflict zones, said Occupational Safety and Health Department director Saiful Azhar Mohd Said.
“Since 1992, 1,094 journalists and media persons have been killed in the line of duty. When it comes to conflict zones, journalists are at greater risk than most,” he told department heads and reporters of The Star in a briefing at Menara Star yesterday.
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