Government of Ukraine reported back to open file sadistic murder case, on Tuesday (22 / 3), allegedly involving former President Leonid Kuchma. Ukraine's former ruler was allegedly involved over beheading of a journalist named Georgy Gongadze in 2000. This murder case became the most shocking incident of crime in post-Soviet history.
As quoted by AFP on Tuesday (22 / 3), the announcement was made by a Ukrainian court prosecutor after years of pressure from anti-Kuchma opposition, which insisted that the former president on trial soon on charges of brutal murder of a critical journalist and founder of Pravda news website Ukrainska.
"A criminal case against Leonid Kuchma re-opened. There are clues that lead to Kuchma's involvement in the murder of Georgy Gongadze. Kuchma strictly forbidden to leave the Ukraine during the criminal investigation, "said deputy prosecutor Renat Kuzmin told reporters.
Party representatives Kuchma's office also confirmed the former leader's number one will appear at the prosecutor's office for questioning on Wednesday (23 / 3), but declined to comment to answer other questions about the murder case.
After repeatedly pressed by reporters, the prosecutor finally said Kuchma had personally suspected of masterminding the murder. Prosecutors also added, "Kuchma is alleged to have committed abuse of power and giving illegal orders to the interior ministry employee who caused the death of the journalist. "
Anti-Kuchma opposition at that time also been claimed that the former President Kuchma was involved in this crime, and shows evidence of a tape that was found in 2000 in which a voice thought to belong to Kuchma and former interior minister Yury Kravchenko who was talking about the ouster of Gongadze
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