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Trial of Azerbaijani Ex-Minister for Economic Development Continues with Attorney Speeches

Society Materials 14 September 2007 19:41 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku / Тrend corr E. Javadova / The trial of the former Azerbaijani Economic Development Minister, Farhad Aliyev, his brother Rafig Aliyev, former president of Azpetrol group of companies, and seventeen other defendants was continued on 14 September at the Court on Serious Crimes presided over by Judge Tofik Pashayev.

F. Aliyev's attorney, Elton Guliyev, submitted a petition for reconsideration of the investigation results. He said during the three month court hearings the evidence was not considered comprehensively and objectively.

According to Pashayev, all facts on the case were investigated in detail, the accused persons, the aggrieved persons, and witnesses were interrogated. The court will give an objective estimation to the results of court investigation, the judge said. The court dismissed the petition.

The attorneys will speak again on 18 September.

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