Other threats to journalists, Toni Perinić, Zadar, 9.8.2022.

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Other threats to journalists, Toni Perinić, Zadar, 9.8.2022.

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  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Zagreb
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Man
  • Victim(s) name
    Toni Perinić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Zadarski list
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
    Online Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    novinar

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    09.08.2022
  • City
    Zadar
  • Were authorities informed?
    Case was reported to the police
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (convicted)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Threats against the lives and physical safety of journalists
  • Type of threat
    Explicit - to journalist(s)

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    11 October 2022: The Municipal State Attorney’s Office in Zadar filed an indictment against former Zadar Police Department officer M.L. (54) for the criminal offence of making threats. The prescribed penalty for this offence ranges from six months to five years of imprisonment.
  • Court action
    27 March 2026: The Municipal Court in Zadar found Marko Lisica guilty of the criminal offence of making threats (Article 139(1) and (3) of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to 8 months in prison, with a suspended sentence and a probation period of 2 years. The defendant is also required to pay procedural costs in the amount of €50.
  • Legal status of the case
    Perpetrator is convicted
  • Type of violation
    Security threat

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes
  • What was the reaction of the journalists' association?
    The association reacted publicly
    The association sent a letter of concern to the institutions
    The association informed international organizations and institutions

A young journalist from Zadarski list, Toni Perinic, received threats on August 9, 2022, after investigating a case of tourist fraud on which the Tourist Board received at least 30 complaints.

Searching the internet, Perinic came across the confessions of people who complain about a renter from Privlaka (Zadar County) who takes an advance payment of HRK 500 for an apartment she rents and the day before the agreed vacation date, cancels it for various reasons. Perinić went to Privlaka yesterday to take some illustrative photos for the purposes of the article. When he returned home, his father was called by M.L. who introduced himself as the renter’s father. As he himself stated, he photographed the car in which the journalist went to Privlaka and found out the phone number of the owner of the car, which is the journalist’s father.

During the call M.L. made many threats, one of which was “be careful what you write because what you write will cost you”.

The journalist says that he felt fear for his life and pressure to work. He reported the case to the Zadar police. He is also concerned about how M.L. in a short time got the number of his father, the owner of the car.