The hunters' federation (FKNK) insisted this evening that no one was above the law and no one should be permitted to publicly write libellous comments about anybody without being brought to justice.

Reacting to a statement issued by BirdLife on Saturday, the FKNK said is made its complaints soon after the comments were published in May 2012 and not just before last Christmas, as BirdLife had said.

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