Homel: KGB wants to ‘talk’ to Statkevich’s electioneering agent Yury Zakharanka
An
unidentified KGB officer called to Mr. Zakharanka to invite him for a ‘talk’ as
a witness in the case of the ‘mass riot’ that had allegedly taken place in
Minsk on 19 December.
Yury Zakharanka: ‘I said that I was recovering after a hunger-strike and was
feeling very bad. That’s why I asked them to give me an official writ, after
which I would come to them. The man said he will consult his administration and
then would phone again. However, I haven’t received any telephone calls from
him yet.’
Yury Zakharanka had been detained in the center of Homel on 19 December, the
Election Day, and sentenced to 12 days of imprisonment, allegedly for using
obscene language. He kept a hunger-strike of protest during all 12 days. During
his arrest he was also questioned by KGB officers concerning the criminal case
on the ‘mass riot’ in Nezalezhnastsi
Square in Minsk
on 19 December.
