Belgian Sex Probe Targets Top Official
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BRUSSELS — Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo said Monday that he is the subject of a judicial investigation, following press allegations that he had engaged in sex with minors.
Di Rupo, who denies the allegations, said in a statement that the public prosecutor’s office in Brussels had lodged a request with the Belgian Parliament that he be charged--a first step toward lifting his immunity from prosecution.
The weekend allegations that he and a Francophone regional minister were involved in pedophilia were a further shock to Belgians, already reeling from child torture and political murder scandals.
Di Rupo, who is in charge of Belgium’s fight against pedophile porn on the Internet, accused political foes of stirring up trouble.
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