Sytnyk insists all NABU investigatory actions are lawful
Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk has said that investigatory actions as part of cases investigated by NABU were carried out in line with Ukrainian law.
"My position is not changed: covert surveillance and cases investigated by the NABU are in line with Ukrainian law. It was carried out under the shelter of the enforcement division of NABU," Sytnyk said at a joint briefing with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko in Kyiv on Thursday.
He said that he proposed to Lutsenko to transfer those cases than were registered by officers of the Prosecutor General's Office and officers of the NABU to the indifferent investigatory division – the Main Investigation Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Sytnyk said that he insists that representatives of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine (SAP) were included in the group of supervisors of pre-trial proceedings and international experts are involved in the investigation.
"We are not afraid of this investigation. We would help to investigate and provide all the required documents so that the actions of officers of NABU and Prosecutor General's Office were assessed as soon as possible," he said.
Sytnyk also said that the cases where covert surveillance was conducted are remained in NABU, and investigation would continue until the final decisions are made.