Naser Osman declared innocent

MP Naser Osmani, who along with 7 other people is being charged in connection with the privatisation of the “Fen” factory in Podujevo, as he was part of the Kosovo Privatisation Agency Board, was acquitted at today's session.

Osmani once again complained about why not all members of the AKP Board have been charged.

I've been declared even earlier that without the board's presence as a whole, I'm not declared”, Osmani said.

The innocent were declared the other indictees of this process.

Even Besnik Berisha, MP Osmani's lawyer, criticised the prosecution for not accusing all eight members of the AKP Board.

“It's enough to see the device of the indictment at point 1 where in the quality of the accused are only the two board members, as well as why the same had eight, because the Special Prosecutor's incompatible has been transformed into injustice for those two who are present before you”, Osman's lawyer, Besnik Berisha, said.

Bahri Shaban, the other accused of this process, spoke similar to MP Osmani.

“If we talk about a board decision, I am not declared without being all present”, Shaban said.

After the accused were acquitted, special prosecutor Fikrije Feyzullahu presented the opening word.

Along with Naser Osman and Bahri Shaban, accused are Agim Dudishku, as factory buyer, as well as 5 officials of the Kosovar Privatisation Agency (AKP): Melita Ymeraga, Shkelzen Luka, Naim Avdiu, Agron Kamberi, and Adrian Kelmendi.

According to the indictment Nasser Osmani and Bahri Shabani are charged that, in co-ordination with other officials and by exploiting official office at the Kosovar Privatisation Agency, they have failed to meet the task by enabling illegal property benefits to themselves or to others, respectively, buyers of the new company “FAN-Podujevo”, Sh.P.K. MP Agim Dodishk worth about 5,400,000 euros.

The buyer of this factory under contract with the AKP had to make investments in it.

Sabani's Osmani is also accused of being members of the AKP Steering Board have decided and voted “for” that investments made outside the company's spaces be accepted as investments within it, releasing the new company “FAN-Podujevo” from AKP monitoring and terms of the commitments agreement.

By these actions the prosecution claims Osman and Shaban have committed abuse of official office or authority.

Even Shkelzen Luka, Naim Avdiu, Melita Ymeraga, Ardian Kelmendi and Agron Kamberi in the quality of official persons at the Kosovo Privatisation Agency are charged as Osman and Shaban in connection with the illegal benefit of themselves or factory buyers.

Luka Avdiu is accused of not taking measures even to implement the contract between the AKP and the factory's buyers “FAN”

Melita Ymeraga, Ardian Kelmendi and Agron Kamberi were responsible for monitoring the company's purchaser's investments “FAN”, while they are charged that “has not checked and monitored investments reported by the investor, have not verified investment statements, made no physical monitoring of capital investments, verifying financial capital investment documentation and employment commitments”.

Agim Dudishk, factory buyer “FAN”, accused of deceiving AKP officials with false submission or covert facts, prompting them to act at the expense of the company's wealth and employees.

The loser is accused of fraud, legalizing false content, and avoiding taxes.