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SARAJEVO, October 27 (FENA) - The Board of Directors of the Association/Association of BH Journalists demands from the Federal Police Administration (FUP) and the Federal Minister of Internal Affairs Aljoša Čampara to immediately sanction Zoran Čegar, head of the Uniformed Police Sector of the FUP, due to brutal threats. to the journalists of the Center for Investigative Journalism (CIN) from Sarajevo, the association announced.
Working on the story about how he acquired the multimillion-dollar property in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, CIN journalists contacted Čegar to get the necessary information. In a telephone conversation, they asked Čegar for an interview, but he refused, with threats and curses.
Čegar ended the conversation with journalists by saying: "Don't even think of calling me again, so that I don't come to you from where you are calling me", and he cursingly called the journalist a female "chetnik".
A similar attack on CIN journalists was repeated yesterday in front of the Dubrovnik Municipal Court, where Zoran Čegar's trial for the criminal offense of fraud began. After the CIN journalist asked Čegar for a comment, he reacted violently and threatened: "I will rip your throat out!". Such monstrous threats and insults to journalists come from a high-ranking person in the police hierarchy, who should be responsible for law enforcement and protect citizens from all kinds of brutality, physical and verbal attacks, and not be the one who will attack and threaten - warns the Association
They emphasize that the fact that a high-ranking police officer in a public position verbally attacks CIN journalists and directly threatens physical violence has additional weight and requires an urgent response from the federal police structures.
At the very least, the aforementioned actions towards fellow journalists deserve the immediate suspension of Zoran Čegar from the position he holds, the Association of BH Journalists also states.
The Board of Directors of the Association of BH Journalists and the Helpline for Journalists will report this case to the Federal Police Administration, as well as other competent domestic and international institutions, and insist on the sanctioning of the police officer Čegar and his prosecution for assaulting and endangering the safety of journalists.
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