28 November 2024,   10:28
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MIA detained 1 person for violence against a camera crew of TV Pirveli and illegal interference with a journalist’s professional activities

Ministry of Internal Affairs detained 1 person for violence against a camera crew of one of the TV companies and illegal interference with a journalist’s professional activities

The officers of the Tsalka Police Division of Kvemo Kartli Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as a result of operative and investigative activities, detained G.A. (DoB 1967) in Tsalka, in connection with the attack on the camera crew of “TV Pirveli” TV company.

The investigation established that on June 30 of the current year G.A. confronted the cameraman and journalist of “TV Pirveli” TV company, who interfered with the professional activities of journalists and physically assaulted them.

The committed crime envisages up to 2 years of imprisonment.

The investigation is in progress under Articles 126 (violence) and 154 (Unlawful interference with the journalist’s professional activities) envisaged by the Criminal Code of Georgia.

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