The lawyer said he is prepared for surgery
Rector of the National University of tax service, Petro Melnik, who was arrested for a bribe, will not be present at the court session at 11:00 due to critical state of health. His lawyer informed about it, according to “BBC Ukraine”.
On the eve the trial, which had to choose precaution measures for Petro Melnik, was rescheduled to Wednesday, July 31.
"The health state of Petro Melnik is critical. At the hearing at 11 am, he just will not come. There is no information available so far on how it will be later. I can not tell about it"- said Melnik’s lawyer Alexey Nazarenko.
According to him, Petro Melnik is in the intensive care unit of Bucha (Kyiv region).
