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Unfortunately, it is true.
From the Swedish Penal Code:
Chapter 5.
1 § A person who points out someone as being a criminal or as having a reprehensible way of living or otherwise furnishes information intended to cause exposure to the disrespect of others, shall be sentenced for defamation to a fine.
If he was duty-bound to express himself or if, considering the circumstances, the furnishing of information on the matter was defensible, or if he can show that the information was true or that he had reasonable grounds for it, no punishment shall be imposed.However, I think the prosecution will be dismissed.5 § Crimes mentioned in Sections 1-3 may not be prosecuted by other than the injured party. If, however, the injured party notifies the crime for prosecution, and if for special reasons prosecution is considered necessary in the public interest, a prosecutor may prosecute for:
1. defamation and gross defamation,
2. insulting behaviour towards a person exercising, or for the exercise of, his or her duties in office,
3. insulting behaviour towards a person with allusion to his or her race, colour, national or ethnic origin or religious belief, or
4. insulting behaviour towards a person with allusion to his or her homosexual inclination.
If defamation is directed against a deceased person, prosecution may be instituted by the surviving spouse, direct heir or heirs, father, mother or siblings and by a prosecutor if prosecution for special reasons is considered to be called for in the public interest. If a crime mentioned in Sections 1-3 entails an outrage against the head of state of a foreign power who is at that time in Sweden, or against the representative of a foreign power in Sweden, and has thereby insulted the foreign power, the crime may be prosecuted by a public prosecutor notwithstanding the provisions of the first, paragraph. However, such prosecution may not be instituted without an order of the Government or a person authorised by the Government.
(Law 1998:393)
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