Azerbaijan Arrests Military Expert On Suspicion Of Leaking National Secrets
Date
11/25/2024 10:07:27 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 25. The nation's
Prosecutor General's Office, in collaboration with other law
enforcement agencies, is always on the ball, taking steps to nip in
the bud any spread of information that could spill the beans on
state secrets or any details that are a no-go for publication in
the media and online, Trend reports.
Monitoring of mass media and internet resources revealed that on
November 22 of this year, Adalat Verdiyev, the chief of staff of
civil defense at the public law entity“Center for Public Health
and Reforms” under the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan, a
qualified officer who has completed military service in the Armed
Forces, has inflicted significant harm to the legally protected
interests of the country.
On this account, a criminal case has been initiated about this
matter, and the Investigation Department of the General
Prosecutor's Office has been assigned the preliminary
investigation.
“The investigation revealed that Adalat Verdiyev, a military
expert who took part in the media tour to the liberated territories
on November 22, created a video that displayed the locations of the
Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan's combat points, the
locations of the Border Troops, their coordinates, and the
operational situation. Accompanying all this with comments, he
posted this video on the social network, where an unlimited number
of subscribers can view his account, i.e., there were reasonable
suspicions that he, using his official powers, caused serious
damage to the legally protected interests of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, security, and defense capacity of the state, which led
to grave consequences,” the information emphasized.
Furthermore, based on collected evidence, Adalat Verdiyev was
brought as a defendant under Articles 284.1 (disclosure of state
secrets) and 308.2 (abuse of official powers that caused grave
consequences) of the Criminal Code. The Binagadi district court
chose an arrest as a measure of restraint based on the
investigator's petition and the prosecutor's proposal for
procedural management of the preliminary investigation. The
preliminary investigation into the criminal case is ongoing, and
further material will be disseminated to the public.
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