Intimidation – verbal threat, Vladimir Otašević, Podgorica, 11.09.2017.

TUMM •︎ 13/09/2017

Intimidation – verbal threat, Vladimir Otašević, Podgorica, 11.09.2017.

Translations: Podgorica 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Podgorica
  • Gender
    Male
  • Victim(s) name
    Vladimir Otašević

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    Dan
  • Type of media platform
    Printed Media
  • Source of information about the incident
    Mediji

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    11.09.2017
  • City
    Podgorica
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Known (suspected)
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    life_threat

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    Odbacio tužbe

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

Brother of Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic, Velizar Markovic, has made a death threats to Vladimir Otasevic, the journalist of Daily Dan.

In a phone call on September 11, along with many primitive and vulgar curses, Markovic said to Otasevic: “If you f**king continue to use for political purposes my back trying to understand things, then don’t ask yourself why someone gets killed. Do you get it?”  Also, he told Otasevic “I will find you”, which also represents a threat.

Otasevic had previously written about the family property of the Prime Minister Markovic, and the property of his brother, Velizar Markovic which irritated him. Otasevic called Markovic the day before to ask for a phone number of his other brother.

The Basic State Prosecutor’s Office in Podgorica rejected a criminal complaint against Velizar Markovic, because after investigative actions it found that the threats that Markovic directed to Otasevic did not constitute a criminal offense.