BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/09/2007

Belarus Officers Convicted of Spying for Poland

Reuters

The Supreme Court in ex-Soviet Belarus convicted four army officers of spying for Poland .

The Supreme Court in ex-Soviet Belarus on Friday convicted four army officers of spying for Poland and sentenced them to jail terms of seven to 10 years.

The verdict, read out in court, said the four defendants were "found guilty of espionage and damaging Belarus's external security and defence capability".

Belarus, accused of crushing fundamental rights under President Alexander Lukashenko, has had strained relations with EU-member Poland over allegations that Warsaw foments unrest in the country through a 400,000-strong Polish minority.

Source:

http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=80597