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Police resume criminal proceedings against Teresa Sobol

Police have resumed criminal proceedings against Teresa Sobol, the ousted manager of the Polish House in the city of Ivyanets, Minsk region, BelaPAN reports.

The case against Ms. Sobol, who openly supported the Warsaw-backed “unofficial” Union of Poles in Belarus (UPB), was opened in December last year for allegedly misappropriating funds provided by the leadership of the then single UPB in 2004.

The proceedings were dropped because of the expiration of the period of limitations but have now been resumed by order of prosecutors, reported Radio Racyja.

Ms. Sobol denies any wrongdoing and insists that the case was revived to put psychological pressure on her and intimidate her.

According to Ms. Sobol, the charge against her came after she accused local government officials of falsifying the process of nominating delegates to a general conference of the so-called official UPB, that is the one recognized and backed by the Belarusian government, which took place in Hrodna in September 2009.