Former Agriculture Minister heard in corruption case

Former Agriculture Minister Ioan Avram Muresan was heard today at the National Anti-Graft Prosecution Office (DNA). After the hearing, he declared that he was presented with the file, but didn’t get the chance to watch the raw material that made the „Sausages and palinka” scandal so famous.

According to Muresan, prosecutors admit that the film that the journalists’ source was not within DNA. Muresan refused to make any statement today.

Muresan is accused of accepting and offering bribe in order to convince Agriculture Minister Traian Remes help a businessman, Gheorghe Ciorba.