The lawyers for businessman Veaceslav Platon, who is held at Penitentiary No. 13 in Chisinau, will meet their client on March 6. Today the convict was provided with newspapers and is to be examined by a dentist. The Ombudsman’s Office said the measures follow the visit made by the ombudsperson to the penitentiary on March 1, IPN reports.
The ombudsperson and the penitentiary’s chief agreed to identify possibilities to exclude situations when the lawyers’ access to persons in detention is barred.
The visit was paid after one of Veaceslav Platon’s lawyers said he was recently informed by his client’s relatives that the businessman was stabbed in the prison. The lawyers went to Penitentiary No. 13 to meet with Veaceslav Platon, but were banned access. The ombudsperson ascertained that Veaceslav Platon was all right and wasn’t involved in any incident, but this asked for a consultation with a dentist.
Veaceslav Platon was arrested in July 2016 on charges of swindle and money laundering in extremely larger amounts. He got 30 years behind bars in two criminal cases. The businessman pleads not guilty.
