{"id":54719,"date":"2023-12-11T14:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54719"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"investigators-report-more-than-a-dozen-cases-involving-abuse-of-state-symbols-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54719\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigators report more than a dozen cases involving abuse of state symbols in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gosflag_porcha_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gosflag_porcha_744x496.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gosflag_porcha_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gosflag_porcha_744x496-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gosflag_porcha_744x496-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Investigative Committee&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Since the start of 2023, authorities have opened criminal proceedings in connection with 18 instances of abuse of state symbols, the Investigative Committee&#8217;s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most perpetrators committed the offences under alcohol intoxication and were not able to explain why, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the July 7 incident, three teenagers tore down two state flags from a building. All were arrested while the Investigative Committee informed their school administrations. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another incident, a 25-year-old man ripped down a state flag from a pharmacy building in central Minsk. He reportedly broke the shaft and hid the flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators categorized their actions as hooliganism, a charge carrying a maximum penalty of three years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 11, Pozirk. Since the start of 2023, authorities have opened criminal proceedings in connection with 18 instances of abuse of state symbols, the Investigative Committee&#8217;s press office reported. Most perpetrators committed the offences under alcohol intoxication and were not able to explain why, it noted. 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