Ej.by chief editor Syarhei Satsuk detained

Law enforcement officers have detained Syarhei Satsuk, editor-in-chief of the online edition ej.by.

Syarhei Satsuk, photo from social networks

It all happened in a public place. The journalist was detained by people who introduced themselves as representatives of the State Control Committee. Mr Satsuk was arrested after the ID check. He was with his wife.

According to Euroradio, the reason for the detention could be bribe. The State Control Committee would not comment on whether Satsuk was involved in any case.

Syarhei Satsuk is the author of a number of journalistic investigations, including last year’s ones about corruption in the Ministry of Health of Belarus. He earlier spoke about death threats he had received, related to his professional activity. Last year on August 22nd , in the program Panarama on the channel Belarus 1 Satsuk was accused of publishing biased articles. Commenting on the stories, the journalist said he’d either get killed or go to jail.

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