Local state and private organizations have been keeping secret their information from the journalists.

It was revealed at a meeting of local journalists from Darkhan-Uul aimag, 200 kms in the north of Ulaanbaatar with M.Charlie, American journalist of Washington public radio, USA, who has been working there by invitation of Mongolian Rural Radio Association for improving legal working environment of the journalists.

Any local organizations have been trying to keep secret their information even the information had not included in the state and organizational list of classified information, told journalists from “Darkhan Dolgion” and “Orkhon 106” radio stations.

Journalist T.Batbayar noted that a provision of Organizational Secret Law stating organizations should classify their information themselves as a secret, has been directing them to willfully behave. According to him, however some organizations had approved list of secret information they still dislike to disclose the information to journalists.

U.Ragchaasuren /Globe’s monitor of north region/