Materials to detain Onyschenko by Interpol prepared
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office on August 10 will submit a court ruling ordered to detain MP Oleksandr Onyschenko and bring him to court to the INTERPOL National Central Bureau for Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Volodymyr Kryvenko has said.
"Today we are preparing to file a court ruling to detain Oleksandr Romanovych [Onyschenko] to the INTERPOL National Central Bureau for Ukraine. We will try to work with foreign partners quickly and have Red Notice announced. Oleksandr Romanovych could be detained if he stays in any country where INTERPOL can operate," he said on Wednesday on television station 112 TV Ukraina.
Kryvenko said that after detention of Onyschenko using INTERPOL detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and anti-corruption prosecutors would decide on extradition of the lawmaker to Ukraine.
He said that the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office contacted partners from Britain where Onyschenko is staying, according to latest information.
As reported, on June 22 Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office made public the scheme of gas production and sales involving PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia. As a result of this gas scheme, the state suffered damage in the amount of UAH 3 billion.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on July 5 supported the request by Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko to give its consent to criminal prosecution, detention and arrest of MP Oleksandr Onyschenko – a chief figurant of gas shady deal. On July 27, PGO head Yuriy Lutsenko signed a notice that MP Oleksandr Onyschenko, a member of the People's Will parliament faction, was suspected of the wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, before that, he, taking advantage of his parliamentary immunity, left Ukraine.
On July 29 Onyschenko said that he was in London, in the process of getting a residence permit, and was seeking political asylum in the UK.
On August 2 Onyschenko didn’t come to the first interrogation. NABU explained that if he doesn’t come for the interrogation for the second time, he will be wanted: "If he fails to come again, we'll appeal forced delivery to court and selection of a restraint." According to the procedure, he will be first wanted in Ukraine, and then he'll be placed on the international wanted list.
