The disappearance of Koçola and his friend, the Prosecutor's Office of Saranda has a problem with the media: Do not publish information

2023-05-02 12:23:00Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The disappearance of Koçola and his friend, the Prosecutor's Office
Fatmir Sulovari (Krasniqi) and Leonard Theodhori known as "Koçole"

After the protests by the family members, there was also a reaction from the Prosecutor's Office of Saranda regarding the disappearance of two 46-year-olds in Saranda on April 6, Fatmir Sulovari (Krasniqi) and Leonard Theodhori, known as "Koçole".

In an announcement of its own, the Prosecutor's Office of Saranda, instead of giving an answer about what happened to Sulovar and Krasniqi, expressed concern about the information that appeared in the media.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, the published information does not serve the discovery of the truth, nor does it help the law enforcement bodies to clarify it as soon as possible.

Notification:

The Prosecutor's Office at the First Court of General Jurisdiction Sarandë, in cooperation with the judicial police of Pol Police Station. Sarandë and Vlora Local Police Directorate are carrying out procedural actions with high intensity in the function of criminal proceedings no. 169/2023, registered for the criminal offense "Kidnapping or holding a person hostage" provided by article 109/3 of the Criminal Code.

Assessing that the exercise of criminal prosecution and the discovery of the perpetrators of the criminal offense is paramount in the exercise of its constitutional functions, the Sarandë Prosecutor's Office notes with concern that the latest media information of May 1, 2023, does not serve to reveal the truth, even they don't even help the law-enforcement bodies to clarify it as soon as possible.

Also, the prosecution body assesses that it is not even in the public interest to publish unverified information that has not been legally distributed by the competent authorities. We estimate that the exposure in the media or social networks of personal deductions from anyone who may come into possession of various information obtained confidentially by persons who benefit from the information due to the duty, not only seriously harms the investigative activity but also places the persons different involved or not in the concrete event in unrealistic and unnecessary situations in relation to the interest of the family members of the victims of the criminal offense, in relation to the public interest but also in relation to the investigative authorities themselves.

Understanding the media's interest in informing the public, the prosecutor's office requests their commitment to not exposing unverified and unnecessary information, so that this interest does not prevail over the interest of investigating the event, nor over public safety.


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