DR. E. OBENG APORI vs. ENQUIRER NEWSPAPER AND SAMUEL APPAH PENIEL

Title: DR. E. OBENG APORI vs. ENQUIRER NEWSPAPER AND SAMUEL APPAH PENIEL Date: 2011-03-01 Court: National Media Commission(NMC) ___________ DR. E. OBENG APORIvs.ENQUIRER NEWSPAPER AND SAMUEL APPAH PENIEL[NATIONAL MEDIA COMMISSION] DATE: MARCH 1, 2011 DECISION RENDERED BY: MR. ALEXANDER BANNERMAN, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF NMC The complainant, then Medical Superintendent at the Regional Hospital, Koforidua, claimed that a publication in the Enquirer Newspaper of 3rd to s” April, 2009, headlined ; KILLER DOCTORS AT KDUA HOSPITAL ; was libelous and did not represent the true situation at the hospital. The Complainant admitted that the Koforidua correspondent of the Enquirer did interview him but however chose to misrepresent what he said.According to him, the report was full of half-truths, unsubstantiated allegations and generalizations which clearly demonstrated the said reporter's general lack of understanding of the operations of the Easter.....