UK: BNP Candidate Charged With Burning Koran
By KUNA
A British National Party (BNP) election candidate is due to appear in court Monday for an accusation of burning a copy of the holy Koran, police said.
Sion Owens, a BNP candidate in the forthcoming Welsh Assembly elections, was charged under the Public Order Act.
The Observer newspaper reported on Sunday that it had handed police a video which appeared to show Owens dousing a copy of the Koran with paraffin before setting it alight.
South Wales Police confirmed a 41-year-old man had been charged with an offence under the Public Order Act and remained in custody.
He is due to appear at Swansea Magistrates’ Court today.
The extreme right-wing party, the BNP website confirmed that Owens had been arrested last Friday night.
A spokesman from the group said Owens would still run as a candidate in the assembly election on May 5.
The BNP wants foreigners living to go back to their counties.
