The Somaliland police destroyed the MMTV video center in Hargeisa, arresting the owner, Mohamed Abdi Ilig, and other operators, during a discussion at X point.
According to a press release from MMTV, soldiers from the Somaliland army attacked the MM-TV Center in Hargeisa last night, where they caused trouble and violence to the authorities and members of the staff who were at work, while it was going on. discussion about the agreement between Somaliland and Ethiopia.
“The forces that attacked MM-TV in a chaotic manner, destroyed the equipment in the center and took part of it. They also stopped a discussion on the Twitter page of the TV, which was about the benefits and risks of can have a maritime understanding between Somaliland and Ethiopia” was said in the press release.
In the press release, it was said that there was never any crime or abuse in the discussion and it was attended by Mr. Faisal Ali Sheikh, a senior official in the Somaliland government and Mr. Yusuf Garad Omar, who held various positions in the Somali government.
In the MMTV report, it was said that Mr. Faisal Ali Sheikh, before participating in the debate, they discussed it with the senior officials of the government who were aware that he was representing the debate and they accepted and knew about it.
The government of Somaliland has not yet spoken about the reason for the suspension of the debate and the reason for the destruction of a free media center
