After several residents from the north, who have been singled out by the Kosovo Police as participants in the events in Banjska on September 24, denied these allegations for the KoSSev portal, the topic that has dominated in the north of Kosovo since Friday is the labeling of Serbs and accusations of treason on Telegram groups.
Last week, one of such groups, called „Patriotism“ (Patriotizam), offered its followers, more than 3,000 of them, to choose „whether they think they should publish photos of Serbs who have been working against Serbs in the north of Kosovo all this time?“.
Two days after that, they published photos of a total of 13 people with the following text:
„The earthly kingdom does not last long, honor and shame live forever…Dear channel followers, this is the biggest garbage in our society“.
The published pictures included a photo of Dragan Mladjović, who wanted to address his fellow citizens publicly today via KoSSev regarding this issue.
He suspects that the reason for all this is his recently started cooperation with the company „Devoli Vita Corporation“ from Pec, which distributes dairy products in the north of Kosovo.
He emphasized that the fact that persons unknown to him allude to the fact that he is reportedly „carrying out actions against his own people“ – will not go unpunished.
He revealed that he already reported the public name-calling to the police, adding that he will also contact the High-Tech Crime Department in Belgrade.
We transmit his statement in full:
I am Dragan Mladjović from Žerovnica, I want to speak out publicly because an anonymous person on a private Telegram group labeled me as a traitor and a spy.
From December 18, my son’s company started distributing yogurt and dairy products from the company „VITA DEVOLI GROUP CORPORATION“ to the north of Kosovo.
It is an honor for me and my son to cooperate and market their products in the north of Kosovo. It is one of the most reputable companies in Kosovo that markets its products abroad.
If that’s the reason to be labeled as a spy and traitor, then I won’t defend myself much. Such accusations, which are general and unsupported by facts and evidence, will accordingly be sanctioned by law.
Traitor and spy is a broader term. However, in my case, an anonymous person alludes to my alleged actions directed against my own people, this will not go without punishment, a public apology and the closure of such media, which do not work in the interest of informing citizens, but on the contrary – to present falsehoods and lump sum characteristics.
When the person who is the author of these accusations is found, I will ask him to publicly state the motives for such a thing and who instigated it.
The police have been notified and are working to uncover the unknown persons and to reveal the IP addresses of the persons involved in this.
Preuzimanje i objavljivanje tekstova sa portala KoSSev nije dozvoljeno bez navođenja izvora. Hvala na poštovanju etike novinarske profesije.
