© RIA Novosti. Andrey Rudakov
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RAPSI
at 23/01/2013
A Cambodian court will
summon Russian citizens Konstantin Baglay and Alexander Karachinsky
for questioning on January 29 separately from oligarch Sergei Polonsky,
Sergei Vladi, his former partner in foreign projects, told RIA
Novosti.
“The military sailors [who detained Polonsky and the other Russians] will provide testimony today,” he said.
Vladi said that
although Polonsky claims that he does have a lawyer, he actually has
two, both of whom have refused to defend him in the case.
A third lawyer was appointed to represent him on Monday.
The Cambodian police
arrested the three men on December 31 for inflicting harm on the crew of
a ship heading back to Sihanoukville from nearby islands and depriving
them of their personal liberty.
The prosecutors
maintain that, while in a state of intoxication, the men threatened the
crew with knives, locked them in the hold, and then made them jump
overboard.
The men have denied
the charges, stating that they had an argument with the Cambodians over
the amount of the New Year fireworks used.
In 2008, Forbes
ranked Polonsky Russia's 40th richest man with a $4.35 billion fortune.
He headed the Mirax Group, a property development company that went
bankrupt during the global economic crisis.
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