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Former minister of transport searched

11:03 | 04.10.2019 Category: Political

Chisinau, 4 October /MOLDPRES/- Former Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure Iurie Chirinciuc has been searched by the General Police Inspectorate. The press officer of the General Inspectorate of Police, Mariana Bețivu, confirmed the information.

The former minister was announced in the national search on 3 October.

The former state official was sentenced in 2019 to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment, for influence peddling and abuse of office, deprived of the right to hold public office for 5 years.

Iurie Chirinciuc, along with the heads of two construction companies, was arrested in April 2017, being suspected of influence peddling.

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