Igor Fediuş, the cabdriver who in April was attacked by three individuals in Chisinau and the aggressors haven’t been punished yet, in a news conference at IPN made a call to the President of Moldova Maia Sandu and to the President of Romanies Klaus Iohannis, who is in Chisinau on a visit, asking the two to take this case under control, he also having Romanian nationality.
Igor Fediuş criticized the performance of the law enforcement agencies during the past nine months in the investigation of the case and the position of the government, which accepts such a situation. The man said he filed a number of complaints to Prosecutor General Alexandru Stoianoglo, to which he attached evidence showing that some of those in charge of the case distort evidence and protect the offenders.
“This is an inappropriate visiting card of the Republic of Moldova. We, the citizens, cannot be proud of such rulers, MPs who should represent our interests, with such a prosecutor general to whom I’ve submitted complaints as of May 22, asking him to hold accountable the employee of the Ciocana Police Inspectorate, station chief, for his illegal acts. This police officer had an inhuman, degrading behavior,” stated Igor Fediuş.
The man related that on April 4 this year, a female client asked for his phone number so as to call him directly when she needed a cab. In the evening of April 5, he was phoned from the woman’s phone number by a man. He accepted the order as it was a phone number he knew. When he got to the indicated address, three individuals approached him and asked him to open the trunk so as to put something inside. When he went out of the car, he was hit with a hard object. He provided the police with camera videos, phone numbers and incoming calls, but the investigation is stagnant. “I cannot understand why measures haven’t been taken to hold this group accountable during nine months. The culprits were identified and detained, but I didn’t take part in a confrontation with them. I didn’t meet them. The videos clearly show how they attacked me,” stated the man.
Igor Fediuş noted he doesn’t yet know the reason for which the individuals made an attempt on his life. He considers the deed should be classed as first-degree attempted murder. The man suspects that the aggressors are not brought to justice because they have ties with the police and prosecutors, who try to hush this case up.
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