Minsk, April 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An employee of a Belarusian music TV channel has been detained for allegedly airing pornographic footage on the channel during the daytime after quarrelling with his girlfriend, Belarusian investigators said Monday.
On Saturday afternoon, the BelMuzTV channel aired several music videos by the Belarusian rock band Lyapis Trubetskoi, which is unofficially banned on local television, and it was followed by 10 minutes of pornographic footage, said investigators.
The man fled the channel’s building after his act.
“The suspect, an employee of the channel, was detained in Mogilev city, and has been brought to Minsk He is already being interrogated,” a source in Belarus’s law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Belarusian investigative committee said the suspect explained he was depressed after arguing with his girlfriend.
A criminal case has been filed against the man for public showing of pornography and he faces up to four years in prison if charged and convicted.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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