QURGHON TEPPA, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus — The trial of ex-candidate to parliament from the Vakhsh district, Sayvali Nourov, is continuing in a court of Bokhtar district, Khatlon province.
Nourov is charged with hooliganism, preventing exercise of rights and activities of electoral commissions, and inflicting slight bodily injuries. The trail began on August 16.
We will recall that Nourov’s case was remitted to the court of Bokhtar district for second trial last month. The Khatlon regional court chairperson Muhabbat Azizova told Asia-Plus on July 23 that the Qurghon Teppa city that initially considered the case closed it. However, the Khatlon prosecutor’s office appealed against the decision of the Qurghon Teppa city court and the case was remitted for second trial to the Bokhtar district court.
As it had been reported earlier, the Khatlon prosecutor’s office completed an investigation into the case of Nourov in mid-March and the case moved for consideration to the Qurghon Teppa city court.
Nourov faces charges under the provisions of Article 237, Part 2 (hooliganism), Article 150, Part 2 (preventing exercise of rights and activities of electoral commissions), and Article 112 (inflicting slight bodily injuries) after assaulting an election official on election day, February 28, 2010.
Tolib Khoujanazarov, the head of the electoral commission for polling station # 20 in the Vakhsh district, told Asia-Plus on March 1 that Nourov assaulted him on February 28 in front of several people after he let an elderly man cast a ballot on behalf of his sick wife.
Nourov confirmed that he saw the old man vote more than once and reported it as a violation of election rules. But he denied punching Khoujanazarov.
