Ramadan Muja trial postponed for municipal property abuse

On a proposal for KALLXO.com, spokesman for the Gjilan Foundation Court, Sabit Shkodra, said the reason for this court hearing's failure was the absence of accused Minr Krasniqi.

The accused through his lawyer had informed the court that today he would not be able to appear in court.

Because of failing to meet the conditions for maintaining judicial examination, today's hearing has been postponed for another date.

At the initial review session, Muja and officials of the other former Prizren municipality officials have been declared innocent about acts they are being placed on.

The retrial of Ramadan Muja and others has been transferred from the Prizren Court to Gjilan's, at the request of Basic Court in Prizren President Ymer Hoxha, with the reasoning that one of the criminal acts Muja was charged with concerned with the court's criminal outcry in Prizren.

The Court of Appeals then estimated that the Constitutional Court in Prizren is uncompetent to judge the case, so it ruled that the Department of Basic Crimes in Gjilan has territorial competence for judging Muja and others.

The muja and others were accused of being misusing municipal property and managed by the Kosovo Privatisation Agency.

The four-point indictment was sentenced to prison for two years, provided it fails to perform other criminal acts over three years. He also received the supplementary sentence of banning public functions during the duration of 30 months.

In the same case tried by the Prizren Court, Minr Krasniqi, former director of the Public Administration, had been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison on condition that for two years he does not commit another criminal act.

Krasniqi also has no right to exercise public office for 18 months.

Kadri Ukimer, former director of Geodesia, and Sadik Pasarizi, former director of Urbanism, were sentenced to 8 months in prison on condition that they do not commit another criminal act for two years.

Avni Ademiaj, former director of Geodesia and Kadastra, was sentenced to 5 months in prison on condition that for one year he does not cause other criminal acts.

The case of Ramadan Muja had gone to the Supreme Court, which had later returned him to the Court of Appeals. And then the Court of Appeals decided to turn the case into retrial.