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HATE MAILER CONVICTED Police officer Wim Elbers ( ), a member of the police forensics squad in Brussels and a dedicated militant of the far right Vlaams Blok, charged with spreading of racist propaganda via news groups on the internet was given a suspended six-months prison sentence on the 22nd of december. Judge Van Gheluwe found Elbers guilty of all charges and ordered the racist policeman to pay a 200,000 Belgian franks fine (= £ 3,000) as well. Half of this sum has to be paid to the governemental anti-racist institute CGKR/CECLR lead by Johan Leman. It was the CGKR/CECLR that brought Elbers into court a couple of months ago after the reforms of the anti-racist law. Elbers refused to show up in court and remained unatainable for the press in the following weeks. He faces a disciplinary punishment of his employer (the forensic police) as well and could be dismissed. At this moment he hides away from the world with a ‘sick leave’ for an undefinite time .To be continued. Wim Haelsterman for AFF-Verzet/Résistances, Brussels.
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