Journalist receives threats over Lembergs biography

Apr 19, 2006
Staff and wire reports

RIGA - Journalist Lato Lapsa turned to Security Police on April 18 after receiving a death threat over his unfinished biography of Ventspils Mayor Aivars Lembergs. Lapsa, who is currently working on the book with co-author Kristine Jancevska, said he received an anonymous letter threatening to “kill or severely injure” both writers. He found the letter in his mailbox on April 16. This is the third suspicious letter that Lapsa has received since beginning his book and the first that he has t ...

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