Hennadiy Kernes, secretary of the Kharkiv city council, has not come to the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to give testimony about a deliberate murder case.
Ukrainian News learned this from the press-service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Today, July, 23, Hennadiy Kernes, secretary of the Kharkiv city council, has failed to be questioned at 9:00 a.m. by an investigation officer. Kernes made this consciously having refused to receive summons," the ministry states.
Kernes was questioned on July 22 as a witness in the mentioned case at the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the ministry reminded.
The questioning was interrupted at the end of the working day and they tried to hand over the summons for Kernes to come for further questioning at 9:00 a.m. July, 23.
But Kernes refused to take the summons, which was read out then, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Internal Affair expects Kernes to be questioned at 9:00 a.m. July, 24, the ministry said.
As Ukrainian News reported, the police detained Kharkiv city council secretary Hennadiy Kernes July 22 in order to give testimony about a deliberate murder case.
Interior Minister Lutsenko said Kernes would be released from custody by July 23.