Political arrest of Pavel Lashchanka, managing partner of the international Ernst & Young company
Pavel Lashchanka, managing partner of Ernst & Young in Belarus, has been arrested on political charges and is currently held in a pre-trial detention center. Sources suggest his persecution is linked to his actions in 2020 when he publicly questioned the official election results and called for a return to legality.
- Pavel Laschanka
This was reported by Nasha Niva.
According to the interlocutors of the publication, Lashchanka was persecuted for his actions in 2020. As the newspaper found out, Pavel Lashchanka is in a pre-trial detention center under a political article. The specific article under which the businessman is being charged remains unknown.
In 2020, Lashchanka signed a letter to the heads of law enforcement and government agencies, where he expressed doubt about the figures announced by Yarmoshyna, and also called on everyone to come to their senses and return to legality.
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