:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/mentormedier/GSPCIXDMI676NUCRKDBFY6DMZU.jpg "PST to investigate Palestine demonstrators who persecuted Sylvi Listhaug – Dagsavisen")
This is confirmed by communications advisor Martin Bernsen The daily newspaper.
– We take harassment by government officials very seriously, says Bernsen.
Sylvi Listhaug says in a message to NTB that she is happy that the case is being investigated.
– I am glad that PST takes the matter seriously and has full confidence in the work they do.
PST will first try to identify the people who pursued Listhaug all the way into the Storting.
– At the same time as we try to identify the people, our lawyers will assess whether the harassment and persecution of Listhaug is affected by the criminal law, says Bernsen.
Listhaug wrote in an update on Facebook on Wednesday that she never had a worse experience as a politician.
– I was followed by a group of Palestine activists all the way from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs into the security lock at the Storting. There, guards had to intervene and take several of the activists out by force, Listhaug writes on Facebook on Wednesday evening.
– On the way I was filmed, served horrible accusations and ugly characteristics. I can of course tolerate this. But the limit is reached when some of them acted directly threatening, she writes further.
She says that as a politician she has become used to receiving a lot of harassment, harassment and threats via the internet.
– I lived with bodyguard protection for several years when I was a minister. Today’s event was nevertheless something completely different from what I have experienced before. Much more terrifying.
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