The Council welcomed the Ministry of Interior's reaction to the photo of Šabunjin's body: "The information leak may be a small thing..."

"The Council for Civilian Control of Police Work encourages the Ministry of Interior, the Police Directorate and other state institutions to take reasonable steps to establish an appropriate security and professional culture," the statement said. Disclaimer: The translations are mostly done through AI translator and might not be 100% accurate. The Council for Civilian Control of Police Work welcomed the prompt reaction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) regarding the photographing and forwarding of the lifeless body of Russian citizen Mikhail Nikolaevich Šabunjin, after he committed suicide in the Topla neighborhood in Herceg Novi. The Council recalled that the Ministry of Interior announced that in a coordinated activity of the Police Directorate, the Department for Internal Control of the Ministry of Interior and the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Herceg Novi, two police officers were arrested who, during the security of the scene and investigative actions, took certain photographs and made them publicly available. "The Council for Civilian Oversight of Police Work welcomes the prompt response of the Ministry of Interior to protect police integrity, prevent abuse of official position, unauthorized collection and use of personal data, and unauthorized distribution outside the service of any information related to investigations and other sensitive data, regardless of its type," the Council said. They assessed that the actions of these police officers were rude, improper, unethical, harmful and unprofessional, and that they seriously questioned the overall integrity of the Montenegrin police service. "The Council for Civilian Control of Police Work encourages the Ministry of Interior, the Police Directorate and other state institutions to take reasonable steps to establish an appropriate security and professional culture," the statement said. It is stated that the Council is concerned that the specific leak of information from the investigation may be a trifle compared to the disclosure of confidential police information to members of criminal gangs operating in the country and its surroundings, which undoubtedly poses a significant risk of harmful influence. "The Ministry of Interior and the Police Directorate are encouraged to pay increased attention to suppressing the activities of police officers who undermine and compromise proceedings, participate in publishing photographs or recordings of a dead body, or contribute, in any way, to their display," the Council said. They said that several times during their two decades of work, they have recognized and condemned the illegal dissemination of footage and images of deaths by police officers. "The footage of the murder of MK in Podgorica has become public, exclusively through the actions of criminal police officers," the statement says. See more: Download the app and follow the news FOLLOW US ON