Judge Chaus suspected of bribe extortion takes vacation

Judge of the Dniprovskyi district court of Kyiv Mykola Chaus suspected of accepting large scale bribe took a leave on Wednesday, Aug. 10 until Sept. 1.

As reported by Censor.NET, court administrator Natalia Nazarenko told Ukrainski Novyny.

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"He is on vacation leave starting from today," she said.

Chaus will be on vacation until Sept. 1.

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Earlier, NABU detectives apprehended Judge of the Dniprovskyi district court of Kyiv Mykola Chaus who was extorting and obtained an unlawful benefit in the amount of $150,000.

Corrupt judge cannot be apprehended or remanded until the parliament strips him of immunity.