'Shock, That's All You Need To Know About So-Called Lukashenka's Justice'

Belarusians are bewildered by the verdict against the gang of raiders.

In the Rechytsa district, five residents of Orsha were sentenced for robbing trucks in parking lots along the Brest-Homel highway.

The Charter97.org website wrote about this high-profile case: the gang was led by a criminal investigation officer of the Dokshytsy District Department of Internal Affairs and a participant in political repression, Captain Mikhail Zhirski.

The offenders in the case ranged in age from 34 to 51. The gang acted at night, the attackers wore balaclavas and used radios to communicate, the Prosecutor's Office reports.

According to the court decision, one of the previously convicted criminals got four years in prison and a fine of 2,000 rubles. Four others received "chemistry" for a period of two to four years and fines.

Belarusians reacted sharply to such a soft sentence. Here are the comments under the video from the TikTok website Charter97.org:

"One of them is from Sharkaushchyna. His father served in the Sharkaushchyna District Department of Internal Affairs. I knew him, I won't say his last name. To be honest, I still don't believe it. But it's a fact."

“Is that a punishment?”

"Shock, that's all you need to know about so-called Lukashenka's justice"

"They don't imprison heir own people, they will come out in a year."

"And the child is given 15 years for the drug."

"And if they waved the flag, they would have been sentenced to 8 years. I love my country."

"They are criminals who are safe for the state. A tractor driver draining diesel fuel is different."

"This is Belarus, the truth is impossible to achieve."

"They cleaned the Brest car in the village of Zashchebbie, stole cheese for 6,000€."

“I'm surprised they were judged.”

"Probably, they killed innocent people – small term."

"They will give more for a bag of grain and a canister of fuel, it is time to join the gang."

"So, like that. In this country, the law is not made for thieves and robbers, like their master, only honest people are imprisoned who are against this arbitrariness."

“No words. The investigator and the judge definitely took bribes."

"Why so small, life term, is the use of official position."

One hand washes the other. I'm a driver also, what did the guys go through?"

"Probably, there are links to Lukashenka's associates."

"Will there be a rearrangement at the top of the Ministry of Internal Affairs soon?"

"They will give more for a bag of mixed fodder or potatoes. Where's the justice?"

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