Nasirov heeft de nacht echte door moeten brengen in de rechtbank in de wijk Solomjanski van Kiev, omdat honderden demonstranten tegen zijn vrijlating de uitgang blokkeerden. De hoogste belastingbaas verlangt van het Openbaar Ministerie en het anti-corruptiebureau NABOe dat hij terug wordt gebracht naar het ziekenhuis waar hij wegens hartklachten werd behandeld op het moment van zijn arrestatie.
Die kans is niet groot, want vanmorgen houdt de rechtbank een hoorzitting waarop ook het wrakingsverzoek van Nasirov's advocaten wordt behandeld. Mocht Nasirov schuldig worden bevonden aan verduistering en corruptie, dan wacht hem een gevangenisstraf van maximaal zes jaar.
Bron: Unian
Chief taxman Nasirov:
"No plans to leave the country"
Chairman of Ukraine's State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov accused of
misuse of office says he has no plans to flee the country and will stay
to protect his interests, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper
lb.ua.
Politics
08:50, 06 March 2017
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"I have had no intention or plans [to leave the country]," he told lb.ua
in an interview.
Nasirov whose detention period expired at 00:00 on March 6 and who spent
the night in the building of Kyiv's Solomyansky district court being
blocked by Ukrainian activists said he was interested in a fair
judgement in his case.
"With regard to the case under consideration – I am most of all
interested that hearings could take place and innocence could be
proved," he said.
"Most of all I would like the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the
Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to bring me back to hospital and, if
they wish, ensure my custody, my guards if they are afraid of my escape
when I'm in such condition," Nasirov, who is said to have heart
problems and high blood pressure, told lb.ua.
Nasirov's lawyer Oleksandr Lysak announced the next court hearing was
scheduled to start at 09:30 Kyiv time on Monday, March 6. It will take
place in the Solomyansky district court.
The Ukrainian public outraged that Nasirov might escape from the
punishment as there was no judge to extend his detention period on
Sunday, March 5, gathered outside the court's building on Sunday evening
to block the court's central entrance.
The court considering the Nasirov case announced a break on March 5 in
connection with a motion put forth by his lawyers to recuse the judge.
The lawyers also insisted on rescheduling a court hearing in connection
with Nasirov's health condition, but the court turned it down.
Nasirov's lawyers claim that he underwent heart surgery in Kyiv's
Feofania hospital, but media reports said that the defendant's
examination at Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology had not confirmed the
conclusions made by Feofania doctors.
Nasirov who is facing criminal charges in connection with Part 2 of
Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine was removed from his duties
on March 3 for the period of the criminal proceedings. Investigators
insist that in 2015-2016 Nasirov acted in the interests of MP Oleksandr
Onyshchenko by allowing local State Fiscal Service agencies to
unlawfully reschedule tax debts due to be paid by three firms affiliated
with Onyshchenko. Damage done to the state budget is estimated at
almost UAH 2 billion.
Nasirov is facing the punishment from three to six years in prison.
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/1809142-chief-taxman-nasirov-no-plans-to-leave-the-country.html
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/1809142-chief-taxman-nasirov-no-plans-to-leave-the-country.html
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