29.12.2016.
Communication
Due to having reasonable grounds for suspecting that they, as medical specialists at the military hospital in Nis, prescribed and advised patients, to use orthopaedic aids, medicines and supplements whose distribution was carried out only by particular companies for which, by virtue of a previous agreement with the representatives of these companies, they periodically received financial compensation in an unlawful manner, Š. Z, DJ.D, M.S., V.S. and B.M. were heard as suspects at the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Nis.
After hearing the suspects, due to having reasonable grounds for believing that in this manner they committed criminal offense of abuse of office under Article 359 of the Criminal Code and the offense of receiving a bribe under Article 367 of the Criminal Code, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Nis issued an order against the mentioned persons on carrying out the investigation. Based on the proposal of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Nis, detention based on Article 211, paragraph 1, item 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was ordered against all the suspects because particular circumstances indicate that they will obstruct the criminal proceedings by exerting influence on witnesses.
Regarding this event, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Nis heard Ž.B, P .N, M.S., K. R. and P.D., as authorized representatives of companies dealing with trade in orthopaedic aids, medicines and supplements, as suspects for the crime of bribery under Article 368, paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, who were released after hearing, while the suspect P.D., based on the proposal of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Nis, was ordered the measure of being prohibited to leave the place of his temporary residence under Article 199 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by pre-trial judge of the High Court in Niš.
As for suspects P.N, M.S., K. R. and P.D., the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office concluded with them an agreement on admission to the offense which was submitted to the Higher Court in Nis for reaching a decision on them.
