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KGB said to have opened new criminal case against senior investigator with Prosecutor General's Office

The Committee for State Security (KGB) has opened a new criminal case against Svyatlana Baykova, a senior investigator with the Prosecutor General's Office, according to unconfirmed reports.

The new case is said to have been opened after Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich turned down the KGB's request for extending the investigator's detention earlier this month.

When reached by BelaPAN on Wednesday, KGB spokesman Alyaksandr Antanovich declined to comment on the report.

Ms. Baykova, who led an inquiry against a former chief of the State Control Committee's Financial Investigations Department and other people involved in a high-profile smuggling case, was arrested by KGB officers on February 25.