Legal Hearing of Barmek Employees Case Postponed Yet Again

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend K.Zarbaliyeva / On 4 April the Court on Heinous Crimes of Azerbaijan chaired by Judge Sadraddin Hajiyev has once again postponed the preparatory hearings of the President of Barmek-Azerbaijan, Huseyn Arabul and 7 of its employees due to the absence of one of the advocates. The court will continue on 9 April. The preparatory session will focus on the petitions made at the last session. The investigation into the case revealed that employees of Barmek misappropriated AZN 9,143,940 from consumers. The President of the Company, Huseyn Arabul, is accused, in accordance with Article 179.3.2 (appropriation and dissipation), Article 308.2 (misuse of authorities) and Article 313 (service falsification) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. The employees of Barmek-Azerbaijan, Vice President, Omer Guner Ismayl, Director of Technical Department, Vafa Agayev, former General Manager, Chingiz Ibadov and others are accused of Article 179.3.2 and Article 313 of the Criminal Code.