The article below was posted to the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology. I cannot as of yet verify the contents. Rich
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Today on 22nd of August the local court of first instance in Helsinki decided that Johan Helsingius has to reveal the email adress asked for by the Police Department of Helsinki. This has to be done within 30 days when summoned for interrogation. Since this is merely a part of a case, this decision can't be appealed. If Helsingius still refuses to reveal the info he will be repeatedly fined and ultimately jailed for up to six months. The decisions about fines and jail can be appealed, but an appeal won't stay the execution of the ordered fine/jail, only a judgement of the appeals court will. The questions about different appeals in this case are somewhat complex and regarding the possibility to appeal it was a split decision (4-1). The court ruled against Helsingius in this matter. During the hearing Helsingius argued against this view in many ways: he objected on constitutional grounds and on grounds relating to statutes regarding criminal investigation. This information is based mainly on message <4vi0tt$geq@idefix.eunet.fi> in the local Finnish newsgroup sfnet.keskustelu.laki, by Kaj Malmberg, the police officer in charge of the investigation of the matter where Scientology scriptures were posted through anon.penet.fi. More reports from this case will probably follow soon. [posted & mailed to a few individuals] ========================================================================== pjs@uwasa.fi, Student of Theology & Law Student at the U of Helsinki Disclaimer: Speaking for myself only. Always using PGP to sign articles. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCVAgUBMhymBB1yhFX7KT+RAQHWEgQAw45nMBmJGKl1KXS/WkHL2rC4nGsZ8D97 AssSzKoMbB0Bw7M0tzZub9RzQY4Z9hVRXDxkvyxVoZtL1vZ7DqnIq8Xv/icy81Z5 g2BDy+r7fGqaEewKW3xuoKXSt1EuE765uRiweNqHpNIxBBDQGeEy+9qy/rs1KcwW dioGxAsAyHo= =TihY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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______________________________________________________________________ Rich Burroughs richieb@teleport.com http://www.teleport.com/~richieb See my Blue Ribbon Page at http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/blueribbon U.S. State Censorship Page at - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/state New EF zine "cause for alarm" - http://www.teleport.com/~richieb/cause