KGB searched apartment of Belsat’s journalist
9:48, — Politics
Officers of the local KGB department searched an apartment of member of the Belarusian Association of Belarus Syargei Padsasonny in Gomel on 12 January.
Prakapenka, district militia officer from the militia department of the Central district, knocked at the door of the apartment on Valatauskaya Street,2 , hired by the journalist. He demanded to open the door: allegedly, noise in the apartment was disturbing the downstairs neighbours.
The journalist said he was alone in the apartment, no one made noise there, and he had no downstairs neighbours – there’s a grocery downstairs.
“After that the KGB agents appeared. They said they had search warrant, and demanded to open the door. I refused, but they warned they would break the door. The warrant said Syargei Padsasonny was suspected of organising the Young Front, involving pupils and students in the organisation with the purpose to discriminate the country,” the journalist said to Radio Svaboda.
Syargei’s friends came to support him. They offered their candidatures for witnesses of search, but militia and KGB agents forced them out.
Hard disk, video-camera and flash memory stick were confiscated from Syargei. KGB detective officer, senior lieutenant Melnikau signed the report of search.
In last November the KGB agents took Syargei Padsasonny to the KGB department by force for a so called talk – they were interested if he concerned with the satellite TV channel Belsat.
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