On Monday the trial in the case of the former head of the International Bank of Azerbaijan, Jangir Hajiyev and seven other defendants continued Serious Crimes Court. The lawyer Fakhraddin Mehdiyev protested, saying that the statement of the representative of the Ministry of Finance on taking out by Hajiyev $5 billion in the accounts of companies in the offshore - is a "violation of the presumption of innocence."
"If the Ministry of Finance has the documents to prove it, why do not they present these documents to the investigation?" he said, asking the court to bring the Finance Ministry press secretary to the court as a witness in order to clarify the fate of those $5 billion. In another application the lawyer asked the court to publish material of inspection in the International Bank conducted by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Taxes,
Asking it the prosecutor Farid Nagiyev said that the statement of the Ministry of Finance statement on the $5 billion "is not related to the criminal case." "This amount is related not to the bank, but to a particular personality," vaguely noticed prosecutor.
The judge Afgan Hajiyev said that the application will be considered after the completion of the testimony of witnesses and the examination of the documents to the court. The defendant Jangir Hajiyev asked that the prosecution investigation on the theft of 211 million are related to those $5 billion.
"First check who is the founder of the very companies offshore. Their beneficiaries now are Samir Sharifov and others. Therefore I insist on the study in court documents about these companies.
Let those who accuse me of illegal withdrawal of funds from the country, prove it. I am ready to prove it," said the former head of the International Bank.
Then at the trial gave testimonies employees of various branches of International Bank, declaring that they were involved only in the preparation of documentation and did not make a decision. The trial continues. -16 / 36D-
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