The Plot That Was Never Told, Until Zeka Lied on Air
We never told the story. Then Zeka told it for us live, and falsely. How a single unanswered message sparked a dangerous disinformation spiral.
On the evening of 28th May 2025, during a live talk show on Kosovo’s Dukagjini TV, television personality and former MP Milaim Zeka made a sensational claim:
"Shefit t'Kryqit Kuq, Finlandezit, i ke thane po dojn me t'vra Sherbimi Sekret i Kosoves. Edhe ai t'ka vet t'ka thane kush ta ka dhane kete informacion, ke thane Milaim Zeka." Milaim Zeka’s original statement in Albanian.
Which translates to: "You told the head of the Red Cross, the Finn, that the Kosovo Secret Service wanted to kill him. And when he asked who gave you this information, you said Milaim Zeka."
Less than a week later, on 2nd June 2025, appearing on Shqipëria Live on Albania’s Top Channel1, Zeka repeated and embellished this tale on air:
"Let me give you a detail. This journalist who is in the Serbian BIA network, living in London, I will tell you by name, told the former head of the Red Cross during the war in Kukës, a Finn named Christian Wiik, that the Kosovo Secret Service wants to kill you. And when asked who gave this information, he said Mr Zeka."
These statements are not only false, they expose a deeper truth.
How We Got Here?
These screenshots show our initial attempts to contact Mr Christoffer Wiik in April 2025, seeking an interview to verify sensitive allegations. Mr Wiik never responded and subsequently blocked us on Facebook. After hearing Mr Milaim Zeka falsely claim on live television that I had sourced the assassination allegation, we checked again and confirmed Mr Wiik had blocked us. On May 29, 2025, we sent Mr Zeka a formal email asking him to clarify his public statements.
For months, my team at The Gunpowder Chronicles had been investigating Zeka’s activities2, following the discovery that his associate Halit Sahitaj allegedly linked to Russian intelligence3, had attempted to bribe me4 with a fabricated document targeting former U.S. diplomat Richard Grenell.
Digging further, we traced extensive connections between Sahitaj, Zeka, and disinformation networks aimed at discrediting Kosovo’s Specialist Chambers and war crimes tribunal. Among other sources, a whistleblower report5 filed by former U.S. DEA investigator John F. Moynihan corroborated aspects of Zeka’s disruptive operations.
In the course of this investigation, two well-placed international sources briefed us on an unconfirmed but serious allegation: that Zeka may have been involved in plotting to assassinate Mr Christoffer Wiik, a Finnish humanitarian who had operated on the Kosovo-Albania border during the war.
Following standard journalistic ethics, we sought direct verification before contemplating publication.
Our Attempt to Contact Mr Wiik
On 12th April 2025, I reached out to Mr Wiik via social media:
Dear Mr Wiik,
My name is Vudi Xhymshiti, I'm an investigative journalist from Kosovo, currently based in London. I hope this message finds you well.
I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak with you regarding your visit to Kosovo during the war. From what I understand, you were present both as humanitarian personnel and in a journalistic capacity.
If you're open to it, I'd be very grateful to have a conversation with you at your convenience.
Warm regards,
Vudi Xhymshiti
www.thegpc.uk
Mr Wiik accepted my friend request, read the message, but did not reply. Later, he blocked us on Facebook.
Out of professional caution, we decided not to confront Mr Zeka with the allegation, nor to report it, given that we had no confirmation from the key first-hand source.
Instead, our team pressed forward on verifying other elements of Zeka’s operations, including his role in manipulating witnesses, creating kompromat, and attempting to distort the public narrative in Kosovo and abroad, all documented in our extensive dossier.
To document this timeline clearly: In April 2025, we contacted Mr Christoffer Wiik via Facebook Messenger with a polite request for an interview regarding his time in Kosovo. He read the message but never replied and later blocked us. We deliberately refrained from approaching Mr Zeka about the allegation, pending any confirmation from Wiik.
However, after hearing Zeka publicly fabricate a false version of events on Debat Plus, we checked Wiik’s profile again and confirmed the block. On May 29, we sent Zeka a formal email demanding clarification of his claims. His reply the next day contained no explanation, only a crude insult: “Forte lope je, mut i madh je.” (roughly: “You are a big cow, a big shit.”)
Screenshots of this correspondence are provided below.
Our Position: Why Zeka’s Claim is Impossible
It is simply impossible that Mr Zeka could have legitimately known the intent of our contact with Mr Wiik. Our message to Mr Wiik contained no mention whatsoever of any assassination plot or any sensitive allegation. It was a neutral and professional interview request regarding his general wartime experience in Kosovo.
Even if, hypothetically, Mr Wiik has been compromised by Zeka or has become his associate, he could not have known the specific reasons for our outreach, because we did not disclose them.
Therefore, Mr Zeka’s claim that we told Mr Wiik the Kosovo Secret Service wanted to kill him is an outright fabrication. However, it is also telling that Mr Zeka inadvertently seems to acknowledge that our allegation that we wanted to verify the threat could be true, given that his plot twist remains centered on the matter of assassinating Mr Wiik. Our sources indicated that it was, in fact, Mr Zeka behind the plot, while his false claim that I told Mr Wiik the Kosovo Secret Service wanted to kill him is merely an attempt to deflect blame.
A Pattern of Deception
As our broader investigation into Zeka’s double life has shown, this was not an isolated act.
Over the past year, we have documented how Zeka:
Created false kompromat and witness testimonies to discredit the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office;
Manipulated media narratives to shield himself and his network of collaborators;
Engaged in blackmail attempts against public figures such as Behgjet Pacolli;
Sold sensitive wartime footage to Serbian state media against KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army);
Exploited his media reach to serve both personal and geopolitical agendas.
Far from being an honest whistleblower, Zeka operates as a broker of disinformation and political warfare, using intimidation, fabrication, and strategic media manipulation.
Why It Matters
The public airing of this false assassination story is more than an embarrassing gaffe, it is clear evidence of a manipulator trapped by his own tactics.
We never disclosed this line of inquiry. We never mentioned it to Wiik beyond a neutral interview request. We never confronted Zeka about it.
By introducing it himself on live television, twice, Zeka revealed both his knowledge of our investigation and his willingness to distort the facts to protect himself.
This episode underscores the dangerous role Zeka plays in Kosovo’s fragile media and political ecosystem, a man adept at weaponising information, compromising sources, and poisoning public discourse, all while presenting himself as a fearless truth-teller.
At The Gunpowder Chronicles, we remain committed to careful, ethical reporting. And we will continue to investigate and expose those who seek to manipulate truth for personal or political gain.
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