Two military officers arrested on bribery charges
BAKU – Two senior officers of Azerbaijani defense ministry’s division in the Shamkir region have been arrested on charges of bribery, a Baku court said.
Azer Khalygov and Azer Huseynov were ordered held in detention pending trial by the Military Court of Baku on Wednesday. They could face eight to twelve years in jail, with the confiscation of property, if convicted.
Reports circulated earlier that Lieut.-Col. Huseynov had attempted to commit suicide.
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