Court upholds A.Abdullayev in custody

On April 10 Baku Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal  of the head  of the  AMAY group of companies, Abdulla Abdullayev,  about his arrest, and upheld the businessman in detention, according to the lawyer Akbar Bagirov .

He regards the accusations  against Abdullayev unfounded, and believes that the arrest of a businessman  is illegal. In his view, claims against Abdullayev  refer to  civil disputes.

Even  despite the lawsuit, the  lawyer sees no reason to hold Abdullayev  in custody because he has a permanent place of residence, and does not intend to evade investigation.

Abdullayev was arrested on April 4  due to investigation conducted by the  Anti- corruption Department on the basis of materials received from the National Fund  to Support  Entrepreneurship under Economic Development Ministry.

A lawsuit has been filed under  the Articles 179.3.2 ( misappropriation and embezzlement ) and 308.2 (abuse of power.) The investigation established that Abdullayev, as head of the Supervisory Board of the commercial bank "Birlikbank", abuse power , received 3,397,000   manat as support from the Fund of National Entrepreneurship for agricultural development , but redirect them to the construction and repair of buildings of the AMAY Shopping Center.

Abdullayev  used to be  a businessman close to the ruling elite. When Heydar Aliyev  in power, he  controlled one of the largest  wholesale commodity markets at the metro station "Ganjlik." Security staff  by Abdullayev even participated in the suppression of opposition protests. However, after Ilham Aliyev became a president, the market was demolished, and Abdullayev had to build a new shopping center in Khatai district, in a sparsely populated area. Several years ago  there was he had a lawsuit  with the largest holding Azersun, which ended not in  Abdullayev’s favor. –05D06-

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