A Belgian correctional court of first instance has decided this Thursday hold Greek MEP Eva Kaili in pretrial detentionaccused of belonging to a criminal organization, corruption and money laundering in an alleged bribery scheme in the European Parliament that spans Qatar and Morocco.
“The Council Chamber has extended EK’s preventive detention for a month,” the Prosecutor’s Office reported in a statement issued hours after the hearing held before the court in Brussels.
The Defense of the Social Democratic MEP, who had ensured that Kaili “was never corrupted”had requested that she be released with an electronic bracelet.
He defends before the judge that he did not accept bribes from Qatar
The defense of the Greek MEP Eva Kaili has asked this Thursday before the judge his probation with an electronic bracelet since, his lawyers maintain, he is collaborating with the investigation and did not participate in the corrupt network.
The Brussels Court of First Instance held early this morning Thursday the first sight of Kailiwho appears a week after other defendants after requesting a postponement, and it is expected that throughout the day he will decide if the Greek socialist should remain in preventive detention or can change his situation.
Speaking to the press at the Palace of Justice in Brussels, one of her lawyers, André Risopoulos, reported that they have requested Kaili the “telematic surveillance regime“and that remains to wait for the decision of the Belgian Justice.
The lawyer has also stated that his defendant “rejects all charges of corruption” that he is charged and that he is “actively participating” in the investigation, although he has refused to give more details of the hearing held behind closed doors, upset by the leaks of the case that have occurred to the press and that the Belgian Prosecutor’s Office is investigating.
