Saturday, August 13, 2016

UNIAN: NABU catches judge Chaus with $150,000 bribe – anti-corruption prosecutor

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UNIAN: NABU catches judge Chaus with $150,000 bribe – anti-corruption prosecutor.


Ukraine's chief anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsky
and Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko speak
with journalists after during parliament session on July 5.


Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) with involvement of prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have caught judge of Dniprovsky district court of Kyiv Mykola Chaus with $150,000 bribe, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Nazar Kholodnytsky wrote on his Facebook page.
"Material evidence was taken at the site where the bribe was given [Kholodnytsky posted a photo with a glass can filled with bundles of U.S. dollar banknotes]. This is how some servants of the court store corrupt income. Despite the obviousness of the crime under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine [a demand of a bribe by an official] that envisages imprisonment for the period from eight to 12 years with seizure of property, the judge cannot be detained and arrested, as he has immunity from jurisdiction, according to the Constitution," he wrote on Aug. 10 morning.

Kholodnytsky said that as the Ukrainian parliament is on vacation, lawmakers cannot quickly discuss the proposal to arrest the judge.

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