Asif Yusifli arrested for four months (UPDATED)
Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Majlis of PPFA, Asif Yusifli, is accused of fraud and falsification of documents. Narimanov District Court today arrested him for four months, Turan was by the adviser of the head of PPFA, Mahammad Ibrahim. The state lawyer announced the decision of the court on a telephone. The investigation is led by the Chief Department of the Interior Ministry. Ibrahim calls the charges are contrived and politically motivated..—16D-
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2014 November 26 (Wednesday) 11:31:21
A member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party (PFPA), disabled in the Karabakh war Asif Yusifli disappeared Nov. 25 at about 22:00.
Turan was told in PFPA Yusifli had an operation on his leg a few days ago, and on Tuesday he went out of the house for the first time. He was driving a car with a friend. Near the metro station Narimanov Yufisli stopped the car, and his companion went out to go to a store. Returning back, he saw that Yusifli was gone.
PFPA addressed to the police. Yusifli previously told his comrades that he had been followed by unknown men.
The press service of the Ministry of Interior did not comment the affair. -06D-
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