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The actions of the officials of the Special Investigation Service (STT) against the member of the Seimas Mindaugas Puidokas during the raid on his office were lawful, and he could try to erase the important data for the investigation, the STT announced this Friday after completing the investigation. internal inspection.
“STT officials were found to have conducted the search in accordance with legal requirements, and their actions were legal and proportionate,” the report says.
The STT conducted a search of M. Puidokas’ office in the course of an investigation into possible corruption. In the course of this investigation, allegations of bribery and influence peddling were brought against his assistant Kęstutis Motietis.
After the search, Puidokas stated in the Seimas room that he had suffered violence from STT agents, that his clothes had been ripped, strangled, they tried to put them on the table and ripped.
The STT alleges that Mr. Puidoko’s personal search was ordered after he refused to provide his mobile phones and was able to remove the data relevant to the investigation by hiding it in the toilet of the mobile devices.
After an internal investigation, during which a video made by M. Puidokas’ lawyer was reviewed, the Service also indicates that the complaints of a member of the Seimas Labor Group about the disproportionate use of force do not correspond to reality – officials held a member of the Seimas for two minutes, there were no strangulation actions. The Service appealed to the Seimas Ethics Guards regarding false information from a Seimas member.
Closed the bathroom
In a press release, the STT provided a more detailed timeline of events at the Seimas last Thursday.
Kratos in the office of M. Puidokas and his assistants were sanctioned by three rulings of the Vilnius District Court, which were adopted after the prosecutor’s requests were granted.
The search sought to locate and seize items and documents relevant to the pre-trial investigation, including two of Mr. Puidoko’s mobile phones.
According to the STT, the search of Mr. Puidoko’s workplace was authorized by a separate order, clearly indicating the duties, status and items requested by the parliamentarian. A member of the Seimas, his lawyer and two representatives of the Seimas Chancellery participated in the search.
During the search, Mr. Puidok was repeatedly asked to provide the mobile phones listed in the warrant, according to the STT, but the MP refused to do so.
The Office alleges that Mr. Puidokas left the office during the search, although he was asked to remain at the search site. A member of the Seimas, who had cell phones with him, closed the bathroom.
“Officials had reason to believe that at that time a member of the Seimas may have erased information from mobile phones that could be significant to the pre-trial investigation,” the press release said.
Upon returning to the office, continuing the search, the Seimas member was informed that if the above-mentioned items were not voluntarily delivered, a personal search would be conducted. In the end, that’s what happened.
“After the search of the person, M. Puidokas actively resisted and obstructed the seizure of the items specified in the warrant, so physical force was used against him,” writes STT.
According to her, personal records are provided for by the Code of Criminal Procedure, and a sentence previously adopted by the Constitutional Court allows their application to members of the Seimas.
The Service indicates that after evaluating all the data received and collected, it was established that the physical force used during the search was proportional to the active resistance actions of the Seimas member, preventing STT officials from seizing relevant elements for the pre trial investigation.
According to the STT, during the inspection sufficient data was collected to affirm that the Seimas member was held only by the hands and torso, the physical force used was not excessive, the Seimas member was not beaten, it was not, as stated, suffocated or strangled.
According to the STT, one’s physical force was used against a member of the Seimas for about 2 minutes, as long as was necessary to achieve the objectives of the process and to seize mobile phones.
“The actions of physical force were immediately terminated when unnecessary, therefore these actions were not intended to restrict the freedom of a Seimas member. Immediately after the phones were taken, the Seimas member left the place of the search, ”the report reads.
Complained before the Seimas Commission
The STT also claims to have discovered that Mr. Puidokas was spreading false information about the search.
Therefore, the Service decided to submit a request to the Seimas Procedures and Ethics Commission.
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation will also be asked to prepare methodological recommendations on the application of coercive procedural measures, the limits of the action of officials (including people with legal immunity) in case of resistance or refusal to comply with legitimate claims of the officials.
Video or audio recordings of the registry of persons with legal immunity will also be made.
Krata was in the office of M. Puidokas during an investigation into the suspicions that his assistant K. Motiečius had offered 50 thousand. bribery of Seimas member Matas Maldeikis for his influence on Seimas when considering regulating lotteries and gambling activities.
During the investigation, trade and bribery allegations were also made against Samoil Kac, owner of the gaming company Tete-a-tete.
According to the STT, the suspects tried to influence laws “related to the integration of slot machines into a common system and the increase in tax rates for lotteries and games of chance.”
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