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Subject: MED-TV Raided By Police In London And Brussels

Belgian Police Stage Major Anti-PKK Raid - Television

Brussels, Belgium (Reuter - September 18, 1996) Hundreds of
Belgian police on Wednesday raided houses of Kurds and Kurdish
organisations allegedly linked to the banned PKK party, Belgian
VTM television said.
     It said more than 200 police searched about 20 houses in
Brussels and northern Belgium following the seizure in Luxembourg
of 350 million francs which belonged to a Kurdish television
network based in Denderleeuw near Brussels.
     VTM said police believed the television network possibly had
links with the PKK and that the money allegedly came from trade
of arms, drugs and humans.
     It said similar police actions were staged in Britain and
Germany earlier today.
     Police were not available for comment.

British Police Raid Kurdish TV Station

London, England (Reuter - September 19, 1996) British police said
on Thursday they had raided a Kurdish television station in
central London as part of a money laundering investigation.
     A police spokesman said documents were removed from the
Med-TV station on Wednesday after a search warrant was issued in
connection with money laundering activities.
     Med-TV director Hikmet Tabak said the raids halted
programmes and accused police of harassment.
     Britain's Press Association news agency said Med-TV had been
a constant critic of Turkey's treatment of Kurds.