The trial on the appeal against the verdict against the former chief of staff of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection Ajdar Jabiyev (Ajdar Ol) has begun.

APA reports that at the preliminary hearing held in the Baku Court of Appeal, the profile information of the accused and the arguments of the appeal were clarified.

The trial is set for June 11.

Ajdar Jabiyev was arrested during an operation by the State Security Service (SSS).

Articles 179.3.2 (embezzlement, committed in large amounts) 308.2 (abuse of power), 311.3.1, 311.3.2 and 311.3.3 (large-scale bribery) of the Criminal Code against a person accused of using materials collected by the investigating authority The final indictment was announced.

Ajdar Jabiyev was sentenced by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes to 8 years and 6 months in prison on charges of abuse of office, embezzlement and large-scale bribery.

Ajdar Jabiyev is a member of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan, a poet-publicist known by the pseudonym Ajdar Ol.