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Surgeon and municipal councillor in Veliko Turnovo arrested for bribery

Sat, Dec 13 2008 16:11 CET

byRene Beekman

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A 56-year-old surgeon in Veliko Turnovo has been arrested on suspicion of demanding and taking bribes. The man is also a municipal councillor for the ultra-nationalist party Ataka.

The surgeon allegedly demanded 250 leva from a patient in Gorna Oryahovitsa, on whom he had operated, with the promise that the woman would receive better treatment. The patient's daughter tipped off police, Focus news agency said and the surgeon was arrested after the bribe, paid in marked bills, had been given to him.

Ataka's municipal co-ordinator, Borislav Borissov, said the party absolutely and totally distanced itself from the accused. According to Borissov, the accused had never been a bona fide member of the party and did not legitmately represent Ataka in the municipal council.

The accused was said to have had a document proving his membership, but that document alledgedly disappeared. Borissov said he personally had no information the accused was ever accepted as a party member, Focus news agency said.

Asked how the man could have become a municipal councillor of the party, Borissov said the accused was part of a group that had been hand-picked by the former regional head of the party, Stefan Soyanov, Focus news agency said.

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