KGB prepared testimony for janitor

BPF party member Siarhei Semianiuk says a criminal case opened against him and party activists Ales Kalita and Maksim Hubarevich over hooliganism will soon be sent to court.

Semianiuk talked to janitor in the office building in Krapotkin Street in Minsk, where the party rents an office, Radio Racyja reports. The female janitor is involved in the case as an injured party. She said that KGB officers had visited her to hand in the text of the evidence she should read out at the trial:

“I talked to the janitor, who is an injured party in our criminal case. She confessed that KGB officers had visited her and said the case would be sent to court soon. She was given two pages of the evidence she should pronounce at the trial. She was told to learn the text, use it during the trial and not to speak too much.”

Semianiuk says the woman is scared, she fears to lose her job, but she said about the visit.

The three defendants have not been called to police for the last three weeks. Semianiuk thinks investigators hurry to complete the case and send it to court so that the defendants do not have time to prepare themselves for trial.

The incident with three BPF activists and a security guard took place on 13 August. Activists say the drunken guard was at work in off hours. He began to provoke the activists, insult them and swear. They tried to quiet him, took out of the building and called a taxi. The conflict seemed to be over, but the guard filed a complaint to police two days later.