, February 21, Asia-Plus – On Tuesday February 21, Ms. Fayzinisso Vohidova, former chairperson of the Khujand legal advice office and member of board of
Tajikistan
’s Social-Democratic Party (SDPT), was released from custody in a court in Khujand, Asia-Plus has learned from the SDPT deputy chairman, Shokirjon Hakimov.
According Shokirjon Hakimov, Ms. Vohidova faced charges under three articles of
Tajikistan
’s Criminal Code – Article 253 (causing damage by means of deception and breach of confidence), Article 293 (evading tax payments) and Article 340 (forgery, production and sale of forged documents).
But in the course of the trial she was found not guilty on two charges brought against her under Articles 253 and 340. “However, she was found guilty of evading tax payments – Article 293,” Mr. Hakimov said, noting that by the court’s decision the penalty term provided for by Article 293 for this crime was cleared off at the expense of the term, during which Ms. Vohidova was held under in the pretrial detention facility in Khujand.
As it had been reported earlier, Ms. Fayzinisso Vohidova was accused of holding fake qualification. On
October 13 2005
, the Sughd regional prosecutor’s office instituted criminal proceedings against her under Article 340, Part 2, of
Tajikistan
’s Criminal Code (forgery, production and sale of forged documents). Sughd prosecutor’s office claims that using a fake diploma KV No 989573 of
August 1 1986
, which was allegedly given her by
Moscow
State
University
named after M.V. Lomonosov, she worked as lawyer from 1988 to
October 12 2005
.
