Onyschenko complains of alleged political repression to INTERPOL

14:27, 07.09.2016 1 min read

Oleksandr Onyschenko placed on a wanted list in Ukraine has addressed INTERPOL office with complaints of alleged political repressions, and INTERPOL is more thoroughly checking the materials regarding the lawmaker submitted by Ukraine, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine (SAP) Nazar Kholodnytsky has said.

"As far as it is known, Onyschenko is writing some complaints to INTERPOL in Europe that his case has signs of political repressions. European INTERPOL is playing it safe and checks these materials more thoroughly. This is preliminary information," he said on Channel 5 TV late on Tuesday.

He said that the Ukrainian INTERPOL bureau finished its work and sent the documents to the central bureau in Europe.

Kholodnytsky added that earlier he got information that the decision will be on September 6.

"Now we are waiting. We have done everything we could," he said.