TIRANA, Nov 18 /ATA/ – The Special Court on Corruption and Organized Crime ruled Saturday that the former Health Minister Ilir Beqja must report to prosecutors and should not leave the country while his case is under investigation.
Special Prosecution Against Corruption and Organized Crime office (SPAK) said in a press release that it has registered the criminal proceedings on abuse of office charges on 13.01.2020, as stipulated by the Article 248-25 of the Criminal Code on passive corruption of the high-level state officials or elected local government authorities regarding the concessionary contract on integrated services programme and sterilization of the surgical instruments, and the supply of disposable sterile medical material in operating rooms, as well as the treatment of biological waste and the disinfection of operating rooms, awarded by the Ministry of Health.
SPAK said that the Special Court ordered that former Health Minister Beqja should report at the judicial police once a week and is banned from travelling abroad as suspect on abuse of office charges.
The Court also ruled that Beqaj is banned from using passport or other valid ID documents to leave Albania.
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