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BIS Arrests Follow-up

[Sep 12, 2012, 09:50 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Bohemia Interactive Studios CEO Marek Spanel has posted a statement about the arrest of a pair of BIS employees for espionage (thanks Computer and Video Games). Here's their explanation of what happened:

We can confirm that two Bohemia Interactive employees, our colleagues and friends, were arrested during their holiday trip to Lemnos. They visited the island with the sole purpose of experiencing the island's beautiful surroundings.

Since its establishment in 1999, Bohemia Interactive has created games based only upon publicly available information. We always respect the law and we've never instructed anybody to violate the laws of any country. The same is true for Arma 3.

Currently, all our effort goes towards supporting the guys over there, as well as their friends and families affected by this difficult situation. We sincerely hope that this is an unfortunate misunderstanding of their passion as artists and creators of virtual worlds.3

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Re: BIS Arrests Follow-up

Sep 12, 2012, 16:55

LArac

When traveling in Egypt we were warned to be sure not to point our cameras in certain directions, or to take pics of monuments from certain directions as the military would get upset. They were most likely taking pics and notes, and some military or cop, might be the same there, noticed and thought I could catch a terrorist, then they realized pops gamer and can not look bad in the press. BIS should be on the horn to State Dept, calling local officials, raising hell. As screwed up as Greece is they could be stuck awhile. Of course the judge may just be waiting on a envelope of paper products. Wish them luck, at least it was not Middle East. Hope it is fixed fast. Lee

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Comment [quote="LArac"Sep 12, 2012, 16:55]When traveling in Egypt we were warned to be sure not to point our cameras in certain directions, or to take pics of monuments from certain directions as the military would get upset. They were most likely taking pics and notes, and some military or cop, might be the same there, noticed and thought I could catch a terrorist, then they realized pops gamer and can not look bad in the press. BIS should be on the horn to State Dept, calling local officials, raising hell. As screwed up as Greece is they could be stuck awhile. Of course the judge may just be waiting on a envelope of paper products. Wish them luck, at least it was not Middle East. Hope it is fixed fast. Lee [/quote]

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