Journalists Convicted of Blackmailing

                            

BUCHAREST, KOMPAS.com - Two journalists sentenced to probation Romania each of the three years and two years in prison on charges of extortion over politicians and businessmen in the country for three years. The judge at a court in assessing the work of the two Romanian journalists are breaking the law.

AP news agency on Friday (01/04/2013), reported that the appeals court in Cluj on Thursday suspended sentence on the general newspaper Florin Asimionesei punishment trial three years in prison. Meanwhile, the chief editor of Alin Tocan sentenced to probation two years in prison. Both are accused of blackmail by asking for money and political entrepreneurs in the country between 2001 to 2004.

Both were also ordered to pay 22,000 euros or $ 250 million on behalf of either the Minister of Transport penrusakan Relu Fenechiu and others in another extortion case. Fenechiu confirmed, he refused to put an ad in the newspaper Good Day Lasi . After the rejection, the newspaper published a satirical article about the fake Fenechiu family and business interests.

Newspaper Good Day Lasi in today's edition on Friday (04/01/2013) mentions, this penalty cases motivated politics of the ruling party.