Drousiotis implores public to send monetary donations amid ‘vindictive’ probe

Faced with a second criminal investigation, journalist Makarios Drousiotis on Monday issued a plea to the public for cash contributions to help pay for a solicitor and forensics, as he was on the verge of “financial annihilation”.

Drousiotis said he was standing alone against a system that had the “whole state mechanism” at its disposal, including major law firms and powerful individuals with wealth and influence, whose aim was “to bring me to my knees financially and exhaust me physically and...