Businessman Gabriel Stati will remain under arrest at least until mid-June. According to their lawyer, Vlad Gribincea, the Chisinau Court of Appeals rejected the defense's appeal, upholding its earlier decision to extend the arrest warrant for another 30 days, Info-Prim Neo reports. “We haven't seen the explanatory part of that decision yet. I guess it will be published by the middle of next week. If the prosecutor decides it's necessary to keep them in custody, then on June 15 and 16 we'll meet in court again”, the lawyer explained. Stati, together with his friend Aurel Marinescu, was arrested on April 8 on charges of organising riots and of usurping power. The businessman pleads not guilty.