Onyshchenko Absent From NABU Again

MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko has again failed to turn up to a meeting at NABU, Interfax Ukraine reports.

The questioning session with the detective was scheduled for 9:00am. Onyshchenko’s lawyers did not turn up to NABU either, nor have they reported about the reasons for their absence.

On June 22, NABU and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office uncovered the organizers of an alleged embezzlement scheme at UGV, a gas extracting company, which led to about ₴3 billion of losses for the state. On July 5, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine allowed to prosecute and arrest the alleged mastermind behind the schemes, MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko.

On July 27, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko signed the official notification of suspicion against Onyshchenko. However, the MP left Ukraine before then and announced he was going to seek political asylum in the UK.

Onyshchenko did not show up for questioning at NABU one time before, on August 2. NABU promised to put him on an international wanted list after the second no-show.

Source: Ukrayinska Pravda