Country | SR |
Name and Surname | Boban Karovic |
Gender | Male |
Date | 15/01/2018 |
City / Location | Belgrade |
Type of incident | Other threats to journalists |
Type of media | |
Media name | Kurir |
Source | Independent Journalists Association of Serbia |
Was journalist`s association informed | Yes |
What was journalists' association reaction | President of IJAS publicly condemned threats to journalist Boban Karovic. |
Were authorities informed? | Yes - Police |
According to the journalist Boban Karovic, after the announcement of the new cover page of Kurir for text in which is the statement of the former chief of the Criminal Police Directorate, politician Cedomir Jovanovic called the journalist and said that he had to give him exclusive information and asked for his address in order to “come or send someone to him”. The journalist refused to give him an address. And after that Jovanovic started to treat him and said: “…I’ll break your pussy. You and I will sort this thing out tonight”.