Robert Jezic, the crown prosecutorial witness in a trial against former PM Ivo Sanader, on Monday still had not paid in five million euro he was ordered to do so during Sanader's trial for the MOL-INA case, despite his promise a month ago that he would do so within 30 days.
The Zagreb County Court reported on Monday that Jezic was not expected to pay the money by today but within 15 days of a final verdict or if the Supreme Court upholds the first instance ruling against Sanader who was sentenced last week to 10 years jail for war profiteering in the Hypo Alpe Adria Bank case and for taking a bribe of 5 million euros in exchange for granting the Hungarian MOL full management rights over Croatia's oil concern INA.
In the case that Jezic does not pay the money by then, which he claims was the bribe money offered to Sanader, the money will be forcibly collected, the Court explained.
During the trial, Jezic said that the bribe intended for Sanader was paid to the account of his Swiss company.
In his testimony given a month ago in the trial, Jezic told Judge Ivan Turudic that the money had been deposited to Dioki's holding company's account in Switzerland which he owns entirely.
He explained then that he had not returned the money because he had not been given precise instructions to do so. Judge Turudic ordered him to pay the money into the state budget immediately however, Jezic said the transaction would be conducted within 30 days.
Sanader denied that the money in Jezic's Swiss company account had been intended for him.
