Siarhei Kuntsevich says he was tortured with electric shocker in jail

Siarhei Kuntsevich, a suspect in the riot case who was released from pretrial detention center on June 2, answered questions from Radio Svaboda about the conditions in jail and what had happened to him in while in detention.

According to Kuntsevich, he feels healthy when it comes to his 'moral condition.' However, 'there are problems' with his physical condition. Kuntsevich has problems with kidneys but while in detention he was deproved of medical treatment.

He spent 14 days in the KGB pre-trial detention facility. Investigators tortured him with electric shocker, trying to find out the whereabouts of Mikalai Statkevich ahead of the March 25 Freedom Day rally. Kuntsevich says he did not break up and did not betray anyone.

When in the KGB jail, Kuntsevich was on a hunger strike for several days. He was blackmailed and threatened with physical execution, and beaten. Later, Kuntsevich was transferred to an Interior Ministry jail in Valadarski street.

Siarhei Kuntsevich reckons he was released because "they are afraid." Currently, he is under written undertaking not to leave the country and not to reveale the details of his case. Kuntsevich was detained when he was driving Mikola Statkevich in his friend's car. The Molotov cocktail bottles, shown later in this case on Belarus state TV, had been deliberately placed there, Kuntsevich says.

When asked about his plans, he answered laconially: "to make sure there is no dictatorship."