Policemen storm Nisporeni TV station

A group of policemen raided the Nisporeni-based Albasat TV station on Wednesday morning, without any apparent reason, Info-Prim Neo reports. The policemen failed to produce any warrant when requested by the channel's manager, Efim Bardan. Natalia Pintilie, a presenter at Albasat, has told Info-Prim Neo that three policemen, who identified themselves as officers of the Interior Ministry's special missions department, rushed into the station's studio, refusing to explain their reasons, and demanded all the documentation of the channel. The presenter said the policemen shouted at the employees, forced them out of their offices and threatened to arrest them. Later, Natalia and her husband Mihai Pintilie, who works at the channel as an accountant, were driven to the Nisporeni Police Commissariat, where the man was detained for one hour. The channel's management refused to present the requested papers in the absence of a warrant and of a lawyer. Contacted by Info-Prim Neo, Interior Ministry's spokesperson Ala Meleca said she wasn't informed of the case, but promised to make a statement on the case later.