<p>The journalist Fábio Oliva, editor of the newspaper Folha do Norte, from Januária city in Minas Gerais (MG) state, was assaulted the last 21st of October at Montes Claros´airport (MG). According to Oliva, the former secretary of the Treasury from Januária´s city hall Fabrício Viana has sworn the journalist, punched and kicked him. Viana has been denounced by Oliva for fraud in a bidding process.</p>
<p>The journalist was walking toward the airport´s taxis stop, when Viana came to him from his back and called Oliva by his name. "When I turned around, it was Viana. He said me some bad words, punched and kicked me”, tells Oliva.</p>
<p>Afterwards, the two of them would´ve fought against each other, until an airport´s guard took them apart. “I asked to the guard to hold him, that I was calling the police. He [Viana] got rid of the guard, ran and fled away in a car”, says Oliva.</p>
<p>Viana was in jail for 18 days at Montes Claros´prison, after a denounce of fraud in a bidding process made by Oliva. The former secretary of Treasury would´ve diverted around U$200 thousand from Fundeb (National Fund for Development and Education).</p>
<p>Among other reasons, Viana was released because his lawyers have alleged he didn´t represented risk to the witnesses. “Since I am witness against him in several prosecutions, I believe that the preliminary verdict that keeps him free will be revoked and he will get back to jail”, says the journalist.</p>
<p>Oliva has registered the case and undergone medical examinations. “In the following day, I´ve communicated the fact to the Federal Public Ministry. The public prosecutor from Montes, Claros Alan Versiani de Paula, has assigned a sheriff from the Federal Police (similar to CIA) to take all the needed measures, including the request of the video tape from the airport´s security system”, tells Oliva.</p>