Rights defender to demand criminal proceedings against KGB officers who broke his computer
Human rights defender Aleh Volchak told BelaPAN on Monday that
he would ask the Investigation Committee of Belarus to institute
criminal proceedings against the KGB officers who had broken his
computer.
The officers seized Mr. Volchak's computer on
December 25, 2010 while searching his home in connection with a
criminal investigation into a post-election protest staged in Minsk on
December 19. The computer was returned to him broken at the beginning of
summer. Mr. Volchak subsequently lodged a complaint with Uladzimir
Kalach, head of the KGB office for Minsk and the Minsk region.
In
early January, experts examined the computer and concluded that its
motherboard had been damaged beyond repair, and that data had been
deliberately erased from its two hard drives.
Mr. Volchak said that he would complain to the Investigation Committee after receiving a reply from Mr. Kalach.