Kaieteur News publication of personal accounts unethical journalism

I WAS totally flabbergasted that the Kaieteur News would print the names, bank  and account numbers of military personnel who were paid for services rendered to another entity (KN 3/3/2011, pg 6).
This is totally unacceptable, uncouth, irresponsible and extremely dangerous journalism.

What is Kaieteur News trying to do, authenticate their information by publishing account numbers?
As a former, but nevertheless, forever banker I know that this type of information is privy only to the account holder. The sacrosanctity of the privacy of these patriotic Guyanese has been seriously compromised as a result of cheap publicity.
I thought that bottom was the lowest point but they have sunk to below bottomless.
My humble advice to this newspaper is to drop the Kaieteur part of their name so as not to besmirch the name of our revered falls.
I truly empathise with these goodly gentlemen and advise them to close their now publicized accounts and re-open new ones lest Mr/Ms computer master hacker get to your hard-earned funds.

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