Extracts from news published on the Ombudsman’s website in 2019 | 75 31 October 26 November Interview with Ombudsman on DR2 Deadline Niels Fenger elected new Ombudsman Parliament has today elected Niels Fenger new Ombudsman. He is replacing Jørgen Steen Sørensen, who has taken up office as a Supreme Court justice. The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Jørgen Steen Sørensen, today resigns as Ombudsman to take up office as a Supreme Court Justice. 20 December In this connection the Ombudsman has been interviewed on DR2 Deadline. Among other topics, he spoke about the current situation of the Ombudsman institution, about significant cases and topics of cases during his time as Ombudsman and about the future of the institution. 11 November Journalist granted access to name of travel agency which had violated Act on Ethnic Equal Treatment Following a statement from the Ombudsman, a journalist has been granted access to the name of a travel agency which had violated the Act on Ethnic Equal Treatment. Non-compliance with rules on privilege against self-incrimination in specific case involving information from Panama Papers A man was ordered to send information to the Danish Customs and Tax Administration (SKAT) – without being informed that he was under suspicion of committing a criminal offence and thus not required to contribute to the investigation of the case. In his statement on an investigation which he has just completed, the Ombudsman therefore concludes that SKAT did not observe the rules on the so-called privilege against self-incrimination. All news stories can be read in full (in Danish) at www.ombudsmanden.dk.