Political reasons behind Czech police rave operation - presidential aide.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Excerpt from comment "Misuse of riot police" by head of Czech Presidential Office Jiri Weigl published by Czech newspaper Mlada fronta Dnes web site on 4 August

The holiday atmosphere has been disturbed by a techno rave [CzechTek] in the Tachov area [on 30 July in the Czech Republic]. [passage omitted]

Since November 1989 [during protests against the Communist regime] there has not been such an acute clash with the police, nor has violence been used to such an extent, leading to such a large number of injuries on both sides and to a conflict resulting in demonstrations that have lasted for several days. …