Remember that Kenneth Rijock, a banking attorney turned money laundering expert, compliance officer, and financial crime consultant, sent me a series of articles about politically exposed persons (PEP): PEPwatch Venezuela: beware of privately held corporations controlled by the government (Part 1 undefined), (Part 2 undefined), and (Part 3 undefined).
Rijock’s articles identified several boliburgueses, including Fernández Barrueco, Sarkis Beloune Arslanian, retired general Gustavo Adolfo Sánchez González, Khaled Khalil Majzoub, and his brother Majed Khalil Majzoub, acting as fronts for chavista officials such as Diosdado Cabello, Adán Chávez, and Jessy Chacón.
Some, or all, of the mentioned parties must be planning for a future without Chávez and have started to express concern about the information written by Rijock, published on vcrisis.com and republished by Miguel in the Excremento del Diablo undefined. One of them, or someone acting on their behalf, has been sending me communications demanding that I remove the articles identifying them as written by Rijock.
Just to leave a record for future reference, I will publish here their communications and my responses.
On February 8, 2012, at 15:01, Rubin Ferzinger wrote:
To whom it may concern
Administration,
I want to bring to your attention a very serious matter. The case has been resolved before. The link
«http://vcrisis.com/?content=letters/200602031125 undefined»
hosted on your website contains content that is tarnishing my client’s reputation and affecting their business and social life. Due to this content, your website has violated the following laws:
According to Article 17 of the United Nations
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1. No one shall be subject to arbitrary or unlawful interference with their privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on their honor and reputation.
2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Basis of responsibility for cyber defamation
a) Characterizations of the distributor/editor: one of the most important issues in cyber defamation is whether online service providers, bulletin board operators, or website owners are common carriers, distributors, or publishers.
b) Publishers, such as newspapers, magazines, and broadcasters, are responsible for everything they produce, publish, and distribute. Their liability is based on the fact that they can edit what they wish to include and exclude from their publication, whether it’s a newspaper, magazine, television program, website, or news group. As the administrator of this website, you have the privilege of removing the page as soon as possible. Therefore, I urge you to delete the page «http://vcrisis.com/?content=letters/200602031125 undefined» at once; otherwise, we will take the necessary legal actions against you. I hope you understand the seriousness of this matter and take the appropriate step.
Best regards,
Rubin Ferzinger
Full Service Legal Consultants