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Moldova’s Supreme Court ruled on May 3 that an appeals court should again hear the case against Valeriu Pasat, a jailed former defense minister, the news agency Basa reported the same day. Pasat was sentenced to 10 years in jail in January 2006 after being found guilty chiefly of selling 21 fighter planes to the United States at a price more than $50 million below their market value (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," January 19, 2006). An appeals court overturned that charge in October, but found him guilty of negligence for selling grenade launchers to Slovakia at a discount of $1.8 million (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," October 18, 2006). Both the prosecution and defense objected to that ruling, and turned to the Supreme Court. Pasat, who served as defense minister from 1997 to 1999 and head of the intelligence services from 1999 to 2002, was also indicted in February 2006 for plotting both a coup and the murder of a senior politician. \/\/ Copyright (c) 2005. RFE\/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. RFE\/RL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Moldova’s Supreme Court ruled on May 3 that an appeals court should again hear the case against Valeriu Pasat, a jailed former defense minister, the news agency Basa reported the same day. Pasat was sentenced to 10 years in jail in January 2006 after being found guilty chiefly of selling 21 fighter planes to the United States at a price more than $50 million below their market value (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," January 19, 2006). An appeals court overturned that charge in October, but found him guilty of negligence for selling grenade launchers to Slovakia at a discount of $1.8 million (see "RFE\/RL Newsline," October 18, 2006). Both the prosecution and defense objected to that ruling, and turned to the Supreme Court. Pasat, who served as defense minister from 1997 to 1999 and head of the intelligence services from 1999 to 2002, was also indicted in February 2006 for plotting both a coup and the murder of a senior politician. \/\/ Copyright (c) 2005. RFE\/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. RFE\/RL<\/p>\n

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