An Afghan man who worked with CBC reporter Mellissa Fung said Monday he immediately flagged down a policeman after she was abducted, but was told it wasn't the police's responsibility to help them.
Shokoor Feroz, who was held for questioning in connection with Fung's Oct. 12 abduction, was released by local authorities on Monday after appeals from the CBC and Fung herself.
A "fixer" who works as a translator and guide for foreign reporters, Feroz was arrested in the hours after Fung's abduction and held for questioning. He had been working with CBC reporters in Afghanistan for about three years.
Addendum
I was under the impression Fung's driver had also been taken into custody, but today's story -- at least at the time I read it -- didn't have any update or reminder about that person's fate.
Fortunately, there's an RSF news release:
Reporters Without Borders welcomes today’s release of two local employees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - brothers Shokoor Feroz, a fixer, and Qaem Feroz, a driver - who had been held by the National Directorate of Security, an intelligence agency, since CBC reporter Melissa Fung’s abduction on 12 October
"We thank President Hamid Karzai and the many other Afghans and Canadians who interceded on behalf of the unjustly detained Feroz brothers," Reporters Without Borders said. "The protests by CBC’s journalists and management illustrated in an exemplary manner that the defence of the local employees of foreign media should be a priority. The Afghan authorities should compensate the two brothers for their six weeks in detention."