Asian Pacific Post
Type | Weekly ISSN 1916-4432 | |
---|---|---|
Website | asianpacificpost |
The Asian Pacific Post is a weekly Canadian newspaper founded in 1993 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The newspaper specialized in reporting Asian issues, and has a readership of 160,000.[1] It has a sister publication in The South Asian Post.
The newspaper won a
Conflict with the Epoch Press
According to the Asian Pacific Post, Frank Cui of the Epoch Printing Press, which also prints
Epoch Press' president, Frank Cui, who is a Falun Gong practitioner, admitted to holding the paper.[4] He said "...news reporters feel that they must 'balance' stories about Falun Gong or events they are involved in by adding the bad words or opinions from the [ Chinese Communist Party ], but in my feeling, between victim and perpetrator there can never be any neutrality or balance." Harbinder Singh Sewak, publisher of the Post, said "This is hypocrisy in slow motion... You can't complain about not having freedom of the press in China and then turn around and suppress the same freedoms in Canada".[3] Sewak alleges the printer committed unlawful interference with economic interests, including breach of contract and deceit.[4] Lawyers representing Falun Dafa denied any association with the actions of Frank Cui.[4]
This story has been covered by the
See also
References
- ^ About us Archived May 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The 2003 Jack Webster Awards[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Mata Press Service, "Punjabi Publisher fights for press freedom in BC" Archived January 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine South Asian Post, March 2009
- ^ a b c Elaine O'Connor, Paper sues former printer, The Province, March 26, 2009
- ^ Falun Gong staff close Canadian newspaper[permanent dead link]
- ^ Newspaper accuses printer of censorship[permanent dead link]
- ^ Falun Gong quashes press Archived March 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Elaine O'Connor, Paper sues former printer[permanent dead link], The Province, March 26, 2009