Bercea Mondial
President's brother to remain in custody
The Court of Appeals of Bucharest rejected an appeal of Mircea Basescu on Friday, and ordered him to remain in custody up to 30 days. The ruling is final.
Mircea Basescu is the brother of Romanian President Traian Basescu; he is being accused by the National Anti-corruption Directorate of influence peddling.
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President Basescu's brother, Mircea Basescu remanded in custody for 24 hours
Mircea Basescu, brother of President Traian Basescu, was remanded in custody for 24 hours by prosecutors of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) on charges of influence peddling.
He was taken into police custody. He will be referred on Friday to the Bucharest Court with the proposal for him to be handed a 30-day preventive arrest term.