CHISINAU. Feb 3 (Interfax) - Another criminal case was opened against Moldova's ex-president Igor Dodon, Moldova's Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office said on Friday.
Dodon, his wife and his doctor are suspected of forging medical documents, the report said.
"The doctor is suspected of forging documents that give people the right to go abroad. Dodon used those documents to ask the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice to allow him to leave the country. Galina Dodon made the same request to the Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office, the agency said in its report.
The Supreme Court of Justice of Moldova earlier allowed Dodon, who is under travel restrictions, to go to Romania from January 28 to February 5 to accompany his son. The Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office accused the doctors of improper issuance of documents and filed a lawsuit seeking Dodon's return and his house arrest. The ex-president later said he was not going to avoid the justice system and give his political opponents an opportunity to speculate on this matter. He decided not to go abroad for that reason.
Dodon was detained on May 24, 2022. He was charged with four counts of crime: passive corruption, receipt of financing by a political party from a criminal organization, illegal enrichment, and high treason. He was put under house arrest since May 26.
On November 18, 2022, the x-president was released from under house arrest by the Supreme Court of Justice. The court then banned him from leaving Moldova. Last week, the court allowed him to do so for nine days.