Ministry of Information not to close BelMuzTV for porn video demonstration
The TV-channel will only get an official warning.
This has
been informed by RIA Novosti with a reference to a source in the
Ministry of Information. Also, the ministry's official says, the specialists
are to conduct an expert evaluation of the demonstrated video and send their
conclusions to the law-enforcement agencies, which investigate the criminal
case started upon this fact.
According to the Belarusian legislation, media can be closed in case of several
warnings within a year.
The porn video was shown in the daytime, on Saturday, April 13. The
law-enforcement agencies have already detained a 28-year-old video engineer,
who is accused of having shown the porn video on TV. He says that he was
depressed after a row with his girlfriend. He faces 2-4 years of
imprisonment.
