"Danas": Military police guarding Vučević tried to detain the journalist

The military police guarding the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Miloš Vučević, attempted to detain a journalist from the newspaper "Danas", Uglješa Bokić, after he took a picture of one of their members on duty in front of the apartment building in Novi Sad where Vučević lives, writes "Danas".

"Bokić came to Vučević's building on Wednesday morning to take photos of his security, following a story about possible abuse of the military unit that provides security for the SNS president," Danas reported.

As the newspaper stated, after Bokić photographed a camera that had been installed on a pole a few months ago to record the surroundings of Vučević's building, he approached a younger man in civilian clothes whom he assumed was a military person providing security for Vučević.

He introduced himself, showed his official ID and said that he was a journalist from "Danas" writing a story about Vučević's security, and that he did not pose any threat.

"The man took out his military ID and said he was there to secure the facility, then asked the journalist not to photograph him. He replied that they were in a public area, that he had the right to take photographs, and that the military person could possibly turn his back to the camera," the newspaper reported on its website.

They added that the officer called his superiors on the phone, explained to them that a journalist had come, and after a brief conversation, asked Bokić for his ID card to identify him.

"In the afternoon, Bokić again came to Vučević's building, in front of which there was no one, but the same military policeman was sitting in the official Skoda car. After Bokić took several photos, the military policeman told him that he had to hold him until his superiors arrived, whom he had to inform about the incident," the newspaper reported.

According to them, Bokić took out his phone and started recording the police officer who tried to distract him by telling him that he had no right to record him, after which he called his superiors again and told them that Bokić had already sent the photos and that he had recorded him.

"After that conversation, the military policeman cynically addressed Bokić with the words: 'Thank you, sir, you are free.' When he walked a little further away, he said to the journalist: 'You made a mistake by doing this.' Then he entered the building's courtyard," said Danas.