Editor-in-chief of Independente Daily and his journalist, Domingos Gomes were summoned by the National Criminal Investigation Police (SIKN) and Criminal Scientific Police (PCIC) for an inquiry

Description

Editor-in-chief of Independente Daily and his journalist, Domingos Gomes were summoned by the National Criminal Investigation Police (SIKN) and Criminal Scientific Police (PCIC) for an inquiry, which regarded the newspaper’s news stories published on the 1st of October 2022. The title of the news is Ezijensia demite Gastaun, Komisariu Mateus: PNTL simu kata husi Vice MI haruka karta ba Komando PNTL atu demite Gastao (English: The Demand of sacking Gastão, Deputy Minister of Interior sends a letter to sack Gastão).

This type of case is to restrict and threaten freedom of the press in the context of news coverage and revelation of the truth regarding acts of corruption, which involves the Government officials.

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Information
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
2
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Not applicable
Status of journalists
Full time
Gender
Unknown
Age
Unknown
Country
Dili
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
National Police of Timor-Leste
Background (state actor or non state actor)
State actor (Police officer, Military officer, Government, public institution, etc)
Gender
Male
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Identify which civil lawsuit use for this case i.e defamation, fake-news, publication, etc)