Businessman charged for death threat against online magazine “Insajderi”

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Source/Author: Association of Journalists of Kosovo

PRISTINA, 19.10.2018 – The Basic Prosecution in Prizren delivered an indictment against the defendant, Anton Jupa for making death threats earlier this year against the team of online magazine “Insajderi”.

Jupa man was charged on Thursday with making death threats against the team of online magazine “Insajderi” based in Pristina after it published an investigative story related to the so-called “meat scandal’.

On March 20, 2018, Anton Jupa, owner of a local company “Euro Ida” from Rahovec, was subject of the investigation for allegedly importing to Kosovo old meat that he bought from Belgium Company “Veviba”.

After the publication of the story, Jupa called Insajderi on the telephone and threatened to kill the whole team.

“Problems are very serious! If I know who the first (to publish the story) was, I will not kill, but I will chop him with an axe, I will massacre him. Remember what I am saying,” Jupa said.

The Basic Prosecution in Prizren also indicted Jupa and three other persons on charges for production and circulation of damaging food in country.