Only one accused left in "espionage case"
Illia Bahdanau, an activist of the unregister "Union of Young Intellectulas" (photo by gazetaby.com)
Navapolatsk member of the organizing
committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy Party Illia Bahdanau
said he was again transferred to the status of a witness in the
criminal case on "high treason". His ally, 23-year-old
operator of the "Naftan" enterprise Andrei Haidukou,
remains the only suspect in unlawful contacts with foreign security
services.
Mr. Haidukou has been kept in custody since 8
November 2012. During all this time he has been at Minsk KGB prison
with the exception of a month in Vitsebsk remand prison.
Initially,
Illia Bahdanau was a witness in the case. At the end of 2012, after
being interrogated by investigator Barysevich, he was declared a
suspect. About a week ago his status was changed to the status of a
witness again. However, Mr. Bahdanau didn't tell journalists about it
for some time, as anything can be expected from secret services.
What concerns Andrei Haidukou, who is accused in "high
treason by intelligence activities", the secret of investigation
remains a secret: the investigation is prolonged month after month
and no information is given.
Haidukou's friends and relatives
consider the espionage charges against him as absurd and state that
they are connected with his opposition-mindedness. According to them,
he used to receive threats from people in mufti prior to his
detention.
