THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Coming down heavily on the media for sensationalising the alleged hacking of the e-mails of journalists and politicians belonging to a particular community, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he was deeply hurt over the playing up of the issue by the media.During his regular cabinet briefing on Wednesday, he said everybody had the right to criticise for valid reasons as he is the Chief Minister of the state. “I have been providing enough chances for the media to criticise my deeds in my capacity as the Chief Minister. Whatever be the criticism against me, I am bound to bear with it. But it is unfortunate for the media to play up a non-issue,’’ he said.
He said what has been done by the Police Department was a regular check with regard to the safety and security of the state. He said it was when the police noted that one person who is under the surveillance of the police contacted through e-mail 258 people they tried to examine the details and address of the e-mail addressees. But when the weekly publication published the list of those whose mail address were examined, some of the names were left blank and in some cases they provided only the e-mail address.
