Baku, Azerbaijan, June 2
By Samir Ali - Trend:
The Baku City Narimanov District Court has again extended the arrest term for Jahangir Hajiyev, former head of Azerbaijan's International Bank, Hajiyev's lawyer Agil Lahijov told Trend June 2.
He noted that Hajiyev's arrest term has been extended for three months again.
"We have filed an appeal against the court's decision. It will be considered June 3 at the Baku Court of Appeals," said the lawyer.
Jahangir Hajiyev was arrested Dec. 5, 2015 in accordance with the decision of the Baku City Narimanov District Court. His arrest term has been extended three times.
Hajiyev is charged under various articles of the Criminal Code, including misappropriation, abuse of office, causing huge damage by fraud, embezzlement through the abuse of office, and bribing.