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Alert

Legislative representative's adviser assaults journalist

(IPYS/IFEX) - On 17 September 2006, "Bom Dia" newspaper reporter Karla Konda was assaulted by Mauricio Gouveia, campaign adviser of state legislative representative Campos Machado, when she was covering an electoral party which was allegedly organized to gather votes. Such meetings are forbidden by the law. The event took place in the town of Catanduva in the state of Sao Paulo, in southeastern Brazil.

According to the reporter, she was told on arrival that Gouveia had organized the party. She identified herself and attempted to ask him about this, but the adviser hit her in the face and kicked both her legs without provocation.

The reporter filed a complaint at the local police station. The case was taken to the Public Prosecutor's Office.

This alert was prepared by IPYS with information provided by the Brazilian Investigative Journalism Association (Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo, ABRAJI).