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Hearing in case on Saakashvili illegally crossing Georgian border to take place on Dec 9
TBILISI. Nov 16 (Interfax) – The Tbilisi City Court’s first hearing in the case on illegal crossing of the state border by former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili took place on Tuesday, and the next hearing is slated for December 9.
The Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia once again refused to transport the former president to the city court, and he refused to take part in the trial remotely.
Saakashvili secretly arrived in Georgia on September 29 and was detained in Tbilisi on October 1. He was placed in jail in the city of Rustavi soon afterward, where he declared a hunger strike. On November 8, he was transferred to a prison infirmary without the consent of his lawyers and family.
Saakashvili is a defendant in several criminal cases in Georgia. He has said he believes the charges brought against him are falsified.
