Director
of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk has
briefed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about an unsuccessful operation to
detain a judge who was caught red-handed while taking a bribe.
The
National Anti-Corruption Bureau's director informed the president about a
special operation to detain a judge who has been caught taking a bribe worth
UAH 500,000 (about $19,000)," Presidential Press Secretary Svyatoslav
Tsegolko wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
The judge started shooting and
fled, he wrote.
In his words, the judge also
tried to cover himself by judicial immunity.
"The president has
instructed the SBU [Security Service of Ukraine] to take measures to detain
him," the press secretary added.
Later,
the NABU posted an official statement on its website on the operation conducted by NABU detectives
jointly with the national police, saying that it was a judge from Odesa's
Malynovsky district court.
The
bribe was paid to the judge through a go-between for a "right" ruling
in a debt recovery case.
NABU detectives have launched a pre-trial investigation into the case on charges
of bribe-taking under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"Searches and other
investigative measures are under way. Possible involvement of the deputy
chairman of Odesa's Malynovsky district court in the crime is being
examined," the NABU said in the statement.
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