Association concerned after Požar receives suspended prison sentence

Ljubljana/Slovenj Gradec, 16 October - Bojan Požar, author and proprietor of the news portal Požareport, received a suspended three-month prison sentence for defamation and insult due to an article in which he alleged that the mayor of Maribor and an aide of his had bribed bankers. The Association of Journalists and Commentators has expressed concern about the case.