The interim government will not tolerate any attack on media freedom, said a spokesperson on Thursday evening, reiterating its commitment to media freedom.

"We won't tolerate any attack on any newspaper. We are 100 percent committed to media freedom," Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told reporters at a media briefing at Foreign Service Academy.

He said the interim government or any government agency did not make a single phone call to anyone regarding any report. "There is not a single such instance."

Alam said they only politely conveyed to the concerned person to revisit his or her report when they noticed mistake in any report.

The Press Secretary recalled the incidents that the country saw over the last 15 years and how it became a norm.

He said the interim government did not shut down any newspaper, TV station or any online media.

Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumder were present at the briefing.

Expressing deep concern, the Editors' Council recently said that press freedom in the country is still under attack from certain quarters of society despite the interim government's promises to uphold it.

Some of the country's leading print media offices have faced threats of assault and siege, according to a press release issued by the council's President Mahfuz Anam and General Secretary Dewan Hanif Mahmud.

Responding to a question, Deputy Press Secretary Azad said the government saw the Editors' Council statement and reviewed that.

He said the government is seriously looking into the issues and is committed to do whatever necessary if anyone faces any problem.

Press Secretary Alam said the government will make a documentation on the expenditure of public and private money in the name of "Mujib Borsho" to find out how much money was wasted.

A decision has been taken in this regard, he said while briefing the meeting on the outcome of the Advisory Council’s meeting held with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in the chair.