November 11 in the Pervomaisky district court of Viciebsk resumed the trial of former deputy chief of traffic police Internal Affairs Control Viciebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Samul, accused of taking bribes and abuse of power.
In the case of bribery in the traffic police are two other helper - Andrew Gavrilenok and Levon Oganesyan.
Alexander Samul accused that he agreed freed people from bringing to administrative responsibility. Also, the investigation found evidence for remuneration - bribes for $ 100, $ 50, $ 15, a bottle of cognac, whiskey, food, boxes of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers cost of 210 thousand denominated rubles. Furthermore, according to the case file, the former deputy chief of GAI ATC Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee Management washed and refueled the car without paying.
Alexander Samul not pleaded guilty on any of the charges against him of episodes.
During the interrogation, the accused Andrei Gavrilenko said that he was acting on the special instructions of the Office of the State Security Committee of the Viciebsk region.
Meanwhile, in his testimony Gavrilenok not denounced Samul in the commission of unlawful acts. Thus, according to the defendant, the money that he received from a third party to deal with issues within the competence of Alexander Samul (the failure of the guilty person to administrative responsibility and driving licenses without exams), currently Gavrilenok left and pass Samul was not going to. The defendant added that the money for a "safety net" intends to return to third parties.
Andrew Gavrilenok pleaded guilty to bribery, fraud except episode.
It should be noted that Alexander Samul not come to support former colleagues and relatives. In the courtroom, except for the defendants, representatives of the defense and the prosecution, the defendant was present only Levon Oganesyan's father and a human rights activist Pavel Levinau. Father of Oganesyan was removed from the courtroom without warning only for smirk.
During the break, the court hearing the representative of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee Pavel Levinau told that them through the office of the court appeal was filed:
- I gave the judge Natalya Korablina appeal, stating the violation of rights of the accused. The case file does not contain evidence that the accused may escape from the court to prevent the establishment of the truth or to engage in illegal activities. The defendants taken to court in handcuffs, contained in the courtroom in a cage that violates their right to the presumption of innocence and to communicate with his defense counsel.
Examples were given of jurisprudence. Thus, the head of Ministry of Internal Affairs Department of Conservation management of the Republic of Belarus Grodno region Dinas Linkous, who was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony for beating his slave, was taken into custody not - even when the sentence comes into force. For beating the surgeon Viciebsk emergency hospital Andrei Drobysh court sentenced police Roman Shushko and Anatoly Mahankov to four years in prison, who were taken into custody only on the tenth day after the sentence comes into force.
Under these circumstances, I believe that finding Samul Alexander, Andrey Gavrilenko and Levon Oganesyan's detention in contravention of international obligations, and the law of the Republic of Belarus. Violates their rights, does not derive from the need, as well as contrary to the principles of humanism and humanity.
According to Samul’s friend, who came to the journalist's wife Samul defendant was forced to divorce and take pre-marriage name, to continue to serve in the traffic police. From this marriage Samul has a seven-year child.
Hearings on the case of bribery in the traffic police will continue. It is expected that the court examination of witnesses, among them there will be law enforcement officers.
Svetlana Vasilyeva, vkurier.by
