The head of the Parliament’s Legal Department Ion Creangă, who is accused of treason, was placed in pre-trial detention for 30 days. The decision was pronounced by the Ciocana Court of Chisinau City on Friday, IPN reports.

The Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases said the decision was made known in the absence of Ion Creangă, who invoked health reasons.

In the case of the second suspect, the investigating judge is to rule on the request for arrest later today.

On Wednesday, PCCOCS prosecutors announced the detention of two officials of the Parliament’s Secretariat and the Border Police, who are suspected of treason and plotting against the Republic of Moldova in their communication with the employee of an embassy based in Chisinau since 2023. Although no names were given, it later became known that the head of the Parliament’s Legal Department Ion Creangă is one of the suspects. After the detention, the official of the Parliament’s Secretariat was suspended from office.