Case Against TUT.BY: At Least 11 Employees Still In Detention After Raids
At least 11 TUT.BY employees remain in detention a day after security forces searched the company’s offices and homes of its staff in a criminal investigation of suspected tax evasion. The whereabouts of many of them were unknown until late at night on 18 May.
The TUT.BY team is doing its best trying to determine the whereabouts and status of their colleagues. Until late at night on 18 May, some of the employees were not allowed out of the TUT.BY central office. The fate of some of the employees became known only the day after.
According to the latest reports, among the detainees are:
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Deputy Chief Accountant Maria Novik
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Deputy General Director for Technical Issues Aliaksandr Daineka
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manager Andrei Audzeyau
As well as our colleagues, whose detention we reported earlier:
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Editor Volha Loika (in a detention facility on Okrestin Street in Minsk)
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Journalist Alena Talkachova (in a detention facility on Okrestin Street in Minsk)
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Editor-in-chief editor Maryna Zolatava
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General Director Lidmila Chekina
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Chief Accountant Anzhela Asad
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Deputy Director Iryna Rybalka
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Chief engineer Ala Lapatka
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Lawyer Katsiaryna Tkachenka
In addition, until now, neither relatives nor the lawyer knows the whereabouts of Yulia Chernyavskaya, the widow of TUT.BY founder Yuri Zisser. Earlier it was reported that she suffered a hypertensive crisis after a visit from law enforces to her apartment.
Later Chernyavskaya’s daughter Yevgenia said her mother was discharged from the hospital but had not been in touch with her and it remained unclear where she spent the night and the day after her detention.
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