Former political prisoner questioned over attack on Lithuanian embassy

• 30.11.2012, 13:48

Uladzimir Yaromenak was forcefully taken to the Partyzanski district police department to give explanations regarding the incident.

The Young Front member went to the Pershamaiski district corrections office for a check yesterday. Uladzimir Yaromenak met some policemen in inspector's office:

“The said they were criminal investigators from the Partyzanski district police department and said the needed me. I asked why and they answered they just needed me for a short time. I tried to phone my lawyer, but they took away my cell phone and took me to the police department. I was waiting for an investigator for two hours.”

The questioning lasted for five minutes, the Young Front activist says:

“The investigators asked about my conviction and asked what I had done on November 6. I was in the Maskouski district police department at the moment of the attack on the Lithuanian embassy. I was detained for pouring valerian extract on the statue of Lenin. I told this to the investigator. He asked how I had learnt about the attack. I replied I had read it in the media.”

The police wanted Uladzimir Yaromenak when he was in the detention centre:

“A policeman came to the detention centre on November 7 to hear my explanations regarding the attack on the Lithuanian embassy, but I refused to talk to him because I knew nothing about the incident. I later read on the Internet what had happened.”