Investigation of judge ordered by extortion case

The President of the Supreme Court, Jorge Subero Isa, reported yesterday having received the complaint against Judge Altagracia Sanchez Molina of the Civil Chamber and trade of the Roman, accused of an alleged attempt to extortion to a British company, which demanded RD$ 6,000 dollars to promote with a bug. The Council of the judiciary referred the case to the Attorney-General's Office for purposes of research.

A resolution of the Council of the judiciary indicated that this research will be independent to the process that follows the General Inspectorate of the Agency.

Subero Isa said that the accusation against Judge Sánchez Molina was submitted by the lawyer of the company, Cristina Rodriguez Vargas, who gave a telephone conversation of an intermediary who participated in the operation of extortion, in which it notes that the money was allegedly to judge of La Romana.

To know u000aof this evidence, Subero Isa said that the Council of the judiciary the case referred to the Attorney for the purpose of investigation of the case, guaranteeing that if this problem arises any violation to the Dominican Criminal Code, or other legal provision will act accordingly.

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Ambassador while, the President of the Supreme said to be ready to welcome the Ambassador of Great Britain or any British company interested in making allegations of bribery in courts, promising immediate start of an investigation into respect.

Said that although not formulate a complaint, stakeholders can make him your comments so that, even on its own initiative, "we start a conversation;" "we are the most interested any citizen, no matter that this is a foreign country or this, are not going to get absolutely no misconduct by any member of the judiciary". The Ambassador of the u000aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the country, Steven B. Fisher, recently made a complaint on attempted bribery to a British company to ensure a bug, which did not agree, and was injured.

Subero Isa said that how do saw the cover of the edition of LISTÍN DIARIO Tuesday, where is that extortion was a court, not in the area of the Government, the Ambassador Fisher made him a call.

"I asked him that if he ruling out a priori that any organ of the judiciary, and specifically a court, he was involved in his complaint, and told me that not could categorically affirm it, yes it was legal in the Dominican Republic area".

"We have absolutely no proxy of the Embassy, is at the rate of the concern of Listín Diario we are pleased that we submitted the complaint and told the diplomat me I satisfied with tell me informally what was" u000aand we were going to begin a process of research

Since yesterday we are trying to link one fact with another", said.

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the President of the Supreme Court of Justice stated that with the letter sent by the British Ambassador and the call made by this, the purpose of them, if there is any member or an organ of the judiciary involved, investigate what.

"Óigame, what I am going to say, if a possible complaint, under any circumstances that occur, the British country Embassy as in the first case that denounce arises that someone is incurring any criminal, you can be assured that we are going to seize the public prosecutor's Office can be derived as a result of this research", noted Subero Isa.

The company which was the subject of the blackmail attempt, still unidentified, has confirmed to the Embassy u000aBritish the fact occurred and that to not pay bribes in the courts, was harmed by a verdict unfavourable to his cause.

Another British company, which left the country, after build aqueducts and settle a dispute in the courts, Biwater International, made clear to the Embassy that was never the subject of bribery or nor offered to pay intermediaries to facilitate their business in the country.

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