Will state official be punished for illegal use of labor?
The head of the "Mahiliouablselbud" hostels Pavel
Shyshou illegally used the labor of workers for repairs in his own
apartment in Shmidt Street, 24 in Mahiliou during the working hours.
The former worker of "Mahiliouablselbud" Mikalai
Sobaleu applied to the police with the request to bring a criminal
case against the official, but it brought no results. Then he
appealed the refusal to bring the criminal case at the Office of the
Prosecutor General.
"I also appeal against the invalid
information, presented in the answer of the Leninski District Police
Department of Mahiliou, where it is stated that a duty check-up was
conducted towards Pavel Piatrovichy Shyshou on the address Shmidt
Street 24-79, and the facts weren't confirmed, whereas I asked to
conduct a check-up towards Pavel Paulavich Shyshou, living in Shmidt
Street 24-48. That's why I think there was no real check-up
concerning my application," says Mikalai Sobaleu.
Moreover,
according to him the answer contains no information about
interrogation of any witnesses.
Another lawsuit against Mr.
Shylau has been filed by a former worker of "Mahiliouablselbud",
activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada) Mikalai
Zalozny, who had been fired by the official after the latter found
about his oppositional views.
"The harassment against me
started during the Parliamentary election. Pavel Shyshou ordered me
to write an explanatory note with indication of the opposition party
to which I belonged and explanations why I had become a member of the
electoral team of a BSDP candidate, Leanid Padbiaretski, without his
permission. I was also accused of disrupting the collection of
signatures in support of a pro-regime candidate Eduard Siankevich,
which was conducted in the hostel by some persons who weren't members
of his electoral team," says Mr. Zalozny.
The BSDP
activist also says that after this incident he was deprived of the
wage bonuses, the administration started writing complaints about his
work everyday, he was transferred to another place of work and
subsequently proposed to sign a new labor contract – with
considerably worse conditions. Mikalai Zalozny refused from this
proposal. After he quit the job, he filed an appeal to the police,
describing of all facts of abuse of office powers and corruption on
part of Pavel Shyshou.
At present the activist maintains
correspondence with the police and does not rule out that a criminal
case can be brought, as far as his testimony adds to that of Mikalai
Sobaleu. Moreover, other workers of "Mahiliouablselbud" are
ready to testify against their boss too.
It's worth mentioning
that Pavel Shyshou is a retired police colonel. During the latest
Parliamentary election he gave a written order to the hostel wardens
not to let in collectors of signatures in support of democratic
candidates.