It wasn't anonymous hate on the Internet. The court will assess the intentions, reasons and guilt. We have to take such things absolutely seriously and the police take them absolutely seriously, said Tomasz Siemoniak, head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, on TVN24. He referred to the case of a man detained in connection with making criminal threats against Jerzy Owsiak.
On Wednesday (January 8), the Warsaw police detained a suspect in Małopolska for making criminal threats against Jerzy Owsiak. On Thursday, a 71-year-old resident of Nowy Sącz was charged by the prosecutor. He pleaded guilty.
Earlier, the head of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity spoke about threats directed towards him. He described, among other things, one of the calls to the number of the Foundation's Press Office. The person who called first asked if he had reached Owsiak's office, and then said: “You have to shoot him, then f**k you.”
Siemoniak: the police take threats against Owsiak absolutely seriously
On Tuesday, the boss Ministry of Interior and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak in “Piasecki's Interview” he was asked about the intentions of the man detained in Małopolska. – It was a telephone threat, so it's a level higher. It wasn't anonymous hate on the Internet. The court will assess the intentions, reasons and guilt. We have to take such things absolutely seriously and the police take them absolutely seriously – assured Konrad Piasecki's guest.
– If someone is so desperate that they are ready to call the office of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity and threaten death, it means that it must be treated absolutely seriously – added the minister.
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