Force-feeding may be applied to Tymoshenko, says penitentiary service

14:53, 30.10.2012 1 min read

A procedure of force-feeding may be applied to former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the State Penitentiary Service Department in Kharkiv region Andriy Lapinsky has said.

"There is a procedure that foresees force-feeding," he told journalists outside Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, where Tymoshenko is undergoing treatment, on Tuesday.

According to him, doctors will decide whether the procedure is necessary, depending on the convict's health condition.

He added the administration of the Kachanivska Penal Colony tried to convince Tymoshenko to give up her hunker strike.

"We hold conversations with her. The head of the facility has talked to her, and now the deputy head is talking to her. They are explaining to Yulia Volodymyrivna what kind of damage she may cause to herself," he said.

As reported, on October 29 Tymoshenko went on hunger strike in protest against the falsification of the parliamentary elections in Ukraine.