Belgium: a clandestine dinner in a police station is controversial

 

Raclette machines, champagne and a good atmosphere… At first glance, the photograph posted by a Belgian lawyer on social networks bears witness to a dinner that is as convivial as it is innocent. Except that the feasts are taking place in the midst of an epidemic of the new coronavirus … in a police station in Molenbeek, Belgium. To make matters worse, the ten police officers participating in the feast are only spaced a few centimeters from each other in a small room, as our colleagues from Free, Sunday December 27, 2020.

The Dutch-speaking lawyer behind this embarrassing publication wished to denounce the “stark contrast to all the cases where the police enter inviolable homes as part of” lockdown parties “, Christmas dinners prohibited at four, five or six people and en-route checks if there are four people in a car, ”as she explains herself. Accused by some of having disseminated false information, the lawyer defends herself and swears to have received the cliché from a “reliable source” and to have, “at this stage”, “no reason to doubt its veracity”.

An open investigation

The Brussels West police have also confirmed the facts. “The zone chief immediately launched an internal investigation from which it emerges that they are members of the personnel of the zone. The Individual Investigation Department will conduct a thorough investigation into the facts. With regard to the health rules in force, Covid reports will be drawn up at the expense of the participants, ”she said in a press release published on Sunday.

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