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Croatian Supreme Court orders retrial of former PM Sanader's corruption case

Xinhua, October 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Croatian Supreme Court on Thursday suspended a ruling for Croatian former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader in a corruption case and set 12.4 million Kuna (about 1.9 million U.S. dollars) bail for the release of him from prison.

Zagreb County Court in 2014 sentenced Sanader nine years in prison.

Sanader, who stepped down as prime minister in July 2009, was also sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for taking a bribe from Hungarian energy group MOL in exchange for allowing it a dominant role in Croatian state oil company INA and for taking bribes from Austria's Hypo Bank during 1994 and 1995.

In July Croatian Constitutional Court also ordered a retrial of the case.

Sanader, the prime minister between 2003 and 2009, was arrested in late 2010. Enditem