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According to the SNB, special witness status is granted to a person when questioned about their actions, but there are insufficient grounds for suspicion.
“Today, M. Puidokas was summoned to the Prosecutor’s Office for questioning and was notified of the Prosecutor’s decision to grant him the status of a witness who can be questioned about his possible criminal act. In other words, the granting of the status of special witness “, 15 minutes explained Rita Stundienė, representative of the prosecutor’s office.
He noted that on Thursday M. Puidokas did not express his position on giving or not testifying.
A spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office said she had no idea when she would come to the prosecutor’s office.
M. Puidokas: I have not asked for anything to support questionable invoices
Mr. Puidokas 15 minutes in a comment sent, he confirmed the presence of a special witness and added that a judicial investigation would confirm his veracity.
The order of the Prosecutor’s Office also establishes that there is no data to grant suspect status.
“I feel calm and right because the decision of the prosecution confirmed what I said before. On July 1, 2021, I was granted special witness status. The order of the Prosecutor’s Office also establishes that there is no data to grant suspect status. This means that I have not been granted suspect status due to my existing legal inviolability as a member of Seimas ”, emphasizes the member of Seimas.
“My goal and aspiration is to establish the objective truth and achieve the ends of the criminal process. During the 5 years of my work at Seimas, I have never asked any of my fellow Seimas members to support or not endorse questionable bills. My conscience is clear, I have worked for the benefit of the people, as required by the Constitution, “said the parliamentary statement.
Bribery and influence peddling
BNS recalls that prosecutors are investigating the alleged incident of 50 thousand in the facilities of the Seimas Matas Maldeikis, assistant to M. Puidokas, a member of the Labor faction. bribery in euros.
According to the investigation, the Seimas member may have personally supported and influenced other colleagues to postpone indefinitely the entry into force of the provisions of the Gaming Law that prohibit the operation of machines not connected to the electronic data management system of slot machines , scheduled. for November 1.
In this case, allegations of bribery and influence peddling were brought against K. Motiečius and Samoil Kacas, owner of the gambling and betting company Tete-A-Tete.
On June 10, agents of the Special Investigation Service (STT) conducted a search at the Seimas member’s office, after which he claimed to have experienced violence: the first was strangled by agents, his clothes were torn, his personal belongings were shattered in blood.
The STT stated that the mobile phones were forcibly taken from a Seimas member after he refused to provide them.
An internal inspection found that the officials’ actions were lawful and that the parliamentarian could attempt to erase data relevant to the investigation. A member of the Seimas, who had mobile phones with him, closed the bathroom and officials had reason to believe that at that time he could have erased information from the mobile phones that could be relevant to the pre-trial investigation.
Mr Puidok, for his part, claims to be persecuted for his political activities, and statements about his attempt to erase important information, according to the parliamentarian, degrade his dignity.
This pre-trial investigation is conducted by a team of prosecutors from the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Units of the Vilnius General and Regional Prosecutor’s Offices.
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