What was Ilir Tolaj accused of, who was sentenced to 3 years in prison?

Former Health Ministry Secretary-General Ilir Tolaj has been sentenced today by the Court of Appeal to three years in prison.

But what was the former secretary of the Health Ministry accused of?

Ilir Tolaj was charged by Kosovo Special Prosecutor for conducting criminal acts: “Use of official position or authority”, “Deception”, and “Avoiding taxation” in co-ordination.

The incident involved four public procurement activities initiated by the Ministry of Health during 2011, where the Secretary of the Ministry was Ilir Tolaj,

“lassification and destruction of medicines over the longer term”, “Fouring with infusion”, “renovation general of the existing emergency annex at QKUUK<5> and <x6-novation general and adaptation of the property to the Interne clinic in the new dialise at QKU-8x7>, where the state budget was damaged at around 700,000 euros.

According to the indictment during May 23, 2011, until December 31, 2011, in interaction has benefited the company “KMI” KPS Drenas owned by Arrian Llesh and Shpend Agin worth 400 thousand euros

The Pristina Foundation Court on October 25th of 2019 had acquitted Tolay and four others.

But the subject has returned to the retrial at the Court of Appeals, which made a condemned decision for the group.

Bekim Field, since he was indicted as chief of the pharmaceutical department at MS, has been sentenced to two years and four months.

Zenel Kuci, who was MSh's procurement manager at the time, was sentenced to two years and eight months.

There are three inspectors involved in the condemnation.

Valentina Hadijaj, Florije Tahirije and Remzije Thaqi, according to the communiqué that the Court that Appeals has been sentenced to six months in prison on bail./Periscopi/