US EditionKazakhstan Jails Belgian Fans for Mankini Stunt
- On Tuesday, three Belgian Club Brugge supporters wearing luminous green swimwear were arrested in the Astana Arena stands and sentenced on Wednesday to five days in jail.
- Kazakhstani police said the men showed disrespect and disturbed public order, and authorities opened administrative proceedings for public drunkenness and minor hooliganism, leading to a five-day jail sentence.
- The swimwear echoed English actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat `mankini`, while more than 500 Club Brugge supporters traveled almost 6,000 km to watch the Club Brugge and Kairat Almaty tie.
- Belgium's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is monitoring the situation and offering consular support while Club Brugge secured a 4-1 win Tuesday.
- Kazakhstan has previously reacted strongly to Borat portrayals, discouraging screenings and legal threats over insults, though it adopted Borat films' 2020 catchphrase `Very Nice!` for tourism.
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Three Belgian football fans are forced to stay in Kazakhstan until Sunday. They dressed up as Borat.
A court in Kazakhstan on Thursday sentenced three Belgian football fans to short prison sentences for dressing up as the film character Borat during Tuesday's Champions League match between Kairat Almaty and Belgium's Club Brugge in the Central Asian country. The fans were sentenced to five days in prison for disturbing public order.
A court in Kazakhstan on Thursday sentenced three Belgian football fans to short prison sentences for dressing up as the film character Borat during Tuesday's Champions League match between Kairat Almaty and Belgium's Club Brugge in the Central Asian country. The fans were sentenced to five days in prison for disturbing public order.
In Kazakhstan, this was considered to be contempt for other and minor hooliganism.
The Champions League away trip of FC Bruges to Kazakhstan ends unsightly for three fans. They are arrested because they move out in the stadium to their Borat. The film is frowned upon in Kazakhstan.
In a game played by FC Bruges in Kazakhstan, three fans only show up in the swimsuit known from the film parody Borat. Now the trio is in prison.
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