Country | AL |
Name and Surname | Lapsi Al |
Gender | Group |
Date | 16/04/2021 |
City / Location | Tirana |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
Type of media | online |
Source | oranews.tv/nxoren-databazen-e-ps-se-gazetaret-andi-bushati-dhe-armand-shkullaku-sot-ne-spak-per-te-deshmuar/ |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
Were authorities informed? | Case was reported to the police |
Andi Bushati and Armand Shkullaku, owners and editors of the online publication Lapsi.al, were summoned for questioning at the prosecutor’s office by the Special Prosecution Against Organized Crime and Corruption (SPAK) as part of an officially open investigation into the leak of a massive tracking system of 910,000 files of citizens’ personal data (suspected as a database of the Socialist Party of Albania, which is used for electoral purposes).