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N. Macedonia: Ex-spy chief, others jailed for abuse of power
April 13, 2021 GMT
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) A North Macedonian court on Tuesday convicted the country’s former intelligence chief and three more ex-officials of abuse of power over a surveillance equipment procurement deal, and sentenced them to between five and 15 years in prison.
The three-year trial had looked into the purchase of the British-made equipment in 2010 under conservative former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who fled the country to avoid serving a prison sentence for corruption.
The former intelligence chief Sasho Mijalkov, a first cousin of Gruevski’s, was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison.
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Mijalkov Sentenced Eight Years in Prison in “Vault” Case
Former director of UBK Saso Mijalkov, the first accused in the “Vault” case for abuse of official position and authority, was sentenced to a single sentence of eight years. The former head of the Fifth Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, Goran Grujevski, who is inaccessible to the law enforcement authorities, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. “
The defendant Saso Mijalkov, together with the other defendants deliberately committed the criminal acts and the agreements were concluded with the sole purpose of gaining benefit in favour of FINZI DOOEL Skopje,” said Judge Dzeneta Begtovic. At the same time, with the verdict, funds in the amount of 10,819,959 denars of the company Finzi were confiscated. The Criminal Court – Skopje also ordered immediate detention of Saso Mijalkov, until the verdict becomes final.