KHUJAND, November 11, 2013, Asia-Plus – Z.I., the member of Khujand Barristers’ Association, faces charge of taking bribe.
An official source at the anticorruption agency’s office in Sughd province says Z.I. was caught red-handed while taking bribe from a woman, whose son was sentenced to 8½ years in prison.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against him under the provisions of Article 247 (4) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – fraud; an investigation is under way.
According to the anticorruption agency’s office in Sughd, 66 cases of fraud have been reported in northern Tajikistan over the first nine months of this year.
