Former Prime Minister of Croatia, the judge refused to return art collection withheld
Xinhua Zagreb Jan. 10 (Xinhua Zhen) Croatian capital Zagreb on the 10th District Court judge dismissed former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and its appeal to friends and relatives, the police decided not to return court order, from the home and other places Sanader's art collection seized.
The collection includes paintings and sculpture, the Department of Ivo Sanader, after being wanted by the investigating judge ordered the police seized them. Local media reported that the preliminary estimate of the value of these works of art up to 600 million kuna (approximately U.S. $ 1,050,000). Sanader and his wife and business partner Bull Keech investigation against the judge's order, the Zagreb county court.
Zagreb District Court, said a spokesman for Dev Juračić the 10th, the day the court dismissed the appeal Sanader, who, previously with the judge determined that the freezing of some personal accounts and stock Sanader such decisions as legitimate.
Sanader December 2003 to July 2009 as the Croatian Prime Minister, resigned as prime minister after the ruling Croatian Democratic Union and the main duties of President. Last January, he was expelled from the Croatian Democratic Union. He was suspected of abuse of power investigation by the Croatian anti-corruption department, fled Croatia after the early December last year, was wanted by the police grams. He was arrested in Austria on his way to flee, being held in prison in Austria. Austria, Croatia has made a request for extradition.
Su Yiqi Sanader's lawyer declined to comment on the latest court ruling. He accepted the day of the Croatian news agency said some of the media before his arrest, said Sanader managed to hide a number of paintings and watches, these reports have no basis, "the story of a child is lying."
