Croatian Policeman Charged With Threatening To Kill Reporter
Journalist Drago Hedl received a mobile phone text message last week telling him he would be "massacred" because of his articles on the killing of Serbs in the eastern town of Osijek during Croatia's 1991-1995 war.
Police filed criminal charges against the Zagreb-based policeman, who was also suspended, police official Krunoslav Borovec told journalists.
The police officer wasn't named. But a lawyer later revealed the policeman and culprit was his client, Krunoslav Fehir, a key witness in the trial against Branimir Glavas, a nationalist lawmaker accused of masterminding the crimes.
Fehir, who testified Glavas ordered the murder of two Serb civilians, was bitter with the state for failing to provide him with accommodation, an adequate job and medical assistance, said Nobilo.
In his reports, Hedl published testimonies of people against Glavas, who is currently being tried by a Zagreb court for the wartime abduction, torture and murder of 12 Osijek Serbs.
Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=G8rN%2BJs%2FXaaSgxy4%2FPCYtg%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 04, 2008 08:57 ET (13:57 GMT)
Publié le 04 Décembre 2008 Copyright © 2008 Dowjones
Partager sur:
