BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
Jun 9, 2005, 13:51 GMT
Regional official in Belarus sentenced to lengthy prison term in bribery
Brest, 9 June: A former head of the Ivatsevichy district executive committee, Vital Dzmitranitsa, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and confiscation of property by the Baranavichy city court. A recently-declared amnesty reduced the sentence by one year. The ex-chairman was found guilty of bribery and abuse of position. The sentence was read out on 7 June.
Vital Dzmitranitsa protested his innocence and said he would appeal. The first hearing took place on 1 June in Ivatsevichy where most witnesses lived. Further court sessions were convened in Baranavichy.
[Passage omitted: Vital Dzmitrynitsa's wife, who headed the department of economy of the Ivatsevichy district executive committee will go on trial on 21 June on similar chargers].
Source: Belapan news agency, Minsk, in Russian 0811 gmt 9 Jun 05
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