Miljko Stojanović: The individual who took my mobile phone during my visit with Vučić will not be prosecuted ex officio.

The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Zaječar has dismissed the criminal complaint filed by journalist Miljko Stojanović against an individual who, during President Aleksandar Vučić's visit to Jelašnica on May 30 of this year, confiscated Stojanović's mobile phone. During this incident, the N1 team, as well as journalist Stojanović, were removed from the event, thereby preventing them from reporting on this occurrence.

In a statement, the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office noted that the complaint was dismissed because the matter does not fall under prosecutorial obligation, and that Stojanović has the right to pursue charges through a private lawsuit.

The justification for the decision states that the individual who confiscated the phone admitted to taking it from journalist Stojanović because he was filming directly in his face, near his eyes, and informed him that he would return the phone, which he did after some time. The individual was performing duties as a security guard at the event in Jelašnica during President Vučić's visit.

Police officers engaged in Jelašnica on the day in question noted in their reports that they did not observe the confiscation or return of the phone to journalist Stojanović and also did not notice anyone insulting, threatening, or obstructing him in his duties.

Although the law clearly states that there is no prosecutorial obligation for the mentioned act, Stojanović does not believe that the decision of the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office serves justice, nor does he believe that the police officers conducted their duties properly.

"I consider this to be yet another disgrace for the prosecutor's office, as well as for the police. It is shameful what the police officers have stated, but that’s irrelevant. They forgot to mention that Mr. Dejan also invited me for coffee and dinner, as he had no ill intentions. I expected something like this since this is no longer a state, but a colony of an organized crime group," Stojanović stated for Glas Zaječara.

The cameraman for N1 captured part of the events on that contentious day, including journalist Stojanović's requests for his phone to be returned. In the final part of the recording, the individual is seen approaching the journalists, who are standing and talking to police officers, demanding their intervention, and then pulls the phone from his pocket, offering it to journalist Stojanović, after which the recording ends – due to the fact that an unseen individual persistently pushes the N1 cameraman and covers the camera lens.

Although the security guard did return the phone to Stojanović, questions arise as to whether he even had the right to confiscate it, and whether it was indeed taken due to “filming in the face” and provocation, or for some entirely different reason.

"You hate everything that is Serbian" – these were the words used to remove the journalists from N1 and Glas Zaječara from the enclosed area in Jelašnica where Aleksandar Vučić and his supporters were present.

According to N1 journalists, SNS supporters pulled them by the arms until they were removed from the area where Vučić was to arrive.

"Our cameraman was struck on the arms by men at the event to lower the camera and had the lens covered," N1 reported.

**Source: [Glas Zaječara](https://www.glas-zajecara.com/novinar-miljko-d-stojanovic-lice-koje-mi-je-oduzelo-mobilni-telefon-tokom-posete-aleksandra-vucica-nece-biti-gonjeno-po-sluzenoj-duznosti/)**