ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Journalists are demanding that Grenada's government apologise for urging broadcasters and newspapers not to report on a Cabinet minister's accusations against an opposition lawmaker. National Security Minister Einstein Louison claimed Monday that a senior opposition member of Parliament was "involved in a real estate fraud" and could face legal action in US courts. But shortly after Louison's news conference, government officials contacted several journalists to ask them not to report on the story, the Media Workers Association of Grenada said. "The minister cannot make a very public statement on an issue, and then have his officers call and say it is not true, and that it should be simply swept under the carpet," the association said Tuesday. "We can repeat the whole story, including the retraction. But asking that it be swept under the carpet altogether will be unbecoming of us as purveyors of the truth," the group added. Government Press Secretary Barry Colleymore said Tuesday that the government had only wanted the media not to report on Louison's comment that the US State Department was involved in the investigation. The media association, however, insisted Colleymore told journalists not to report on the entire story. The group called on the government "to apologise to the media and the nation". Colleymore declined to comment on the association's statement yesterday. Louison had called on opposition leader Tillman Thomas "to investigate allegations that a senior member of his team is involved in a real estate fraud". The minister refused to name the opposition member but said he had been "served with documents by the courts in the United States". "This issue has massive repercussions for our national security and image of our country as a whole," Louison said. "This is not the government of Grenada, get that clear. This is the government of the United States of America. This is the (US) State Department." Thomas was outside Grenada yesterday and could not be reached for comment. The US Embassy said Monday it was not aware of any US government investigation against any member of Grenada's parliament. Most local TV and radio stations reported on the story. Newspapers in the Caribbean island are printed weekly and have not been published since Louison's news conference. Reprinted from jamaicaobserver.com