58 graft cases in half-year - military prosecutor
BAKU – Azerbaijan’s military prosecution bodies filed criminal charges over 58 cases of corruption and bribery in the first half of 2011, Military Prosecutor Khanlar Valiyev has said.
Valiyev told a meeting devoted to the outcomes of the first half-year on Friday that a scrutiny conducted in drafting units by the Military Prosecutor’s Office revealed baseless exemptions of conscripts from military service, unlawful deferrals based on a medical examination and taking bribes from conscripts’ parents.
According to Valiyev, criminal cases have been launched against some military commissars in the Binagadi and Surakhany districts of the capital Baku, in Sumgayit, as well as other regions of the country, on charges including bribery and abuse of power.
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