(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 May 2006, Luis García Miró Elguera, editor of the daily newspaper “Expreso”, accused journalist Raúl Wiener Fresco of defamation, claiming that the journalist falsely accused him of insider trading in order to benefit from the process of awarding concession rights for Pisco’s airport, in southwestern Peru. Wiener should have appeared at […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 22 May 2006, Luis García Miró Elguera, editor of the daily newspaper “Expreso”, accused journalist Raúl Wiener Fresco of defamation, claiming that the journalist falsely accused him of insider trading in order to benefit from the process of awarding concession rights for Pisco’s airport, in southwestern Peru. Wiener should have appeared at the 33rd Criminal Court on 20 June in order to present his case, but the judge agreed to postpone the hearing at the defense’s request.
The accusation is based on three e-mails sent by Wiener to massive distribution lists in which the journalist expressed his suspicions about Miró’s links to one of the companies that were pre-selected for the awarding of a concession for the airport. He also pointed out that “Expreso” was engaged in a constant journalistic campaign on the topic, a fact that, according to Wiener, did not contribute to the transparency of the process. In one of the texts, Wiener presented a sham dialogue between the current president of the Ministers’ Council, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, and Miró, by which he attempted to illustrate his arguments. The plaintiff has pointed out this dialogue as evidence of defamation.
The e-mails were sent on 4 and 6 April and 6 May.
