Police: indite Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of exploiting his position and authority

The Israel Police has concluded an investigation into Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, on suspicion of allegedly exploiting his position and authority in the Ministry of Health, with the aim of improperly influencing the discretion of a variety of professionals subject to him in the ministry. Among other things, Litzman was investigated on suspicion of trying to influence a psychiatric opinion of a suspect in pedophilia.
The findings of the interrogation were transferred two weeks ago to the Prosecutor's Office, which will examine whether to indict Deputy Minister Litzman.
The investigation against Litzman, known as "Case 1452", was investigated by the National Fraud Investigation Unit (YAH) in Lahav 433, during which a number of incidents were investigated. The first incident investigated concerned Lieutenant Litzman's alleged attempt to improperly influence the opinion of several Health ministry psychiatrists appointed by the Jerusalem District Court to determine Queen Leiper's mental fitness for extradition to the Australian authorities for juvenile sex offenses, in the midst of a pending extradition trial, have denied any connection to the case at all. Business.
The suspect allegedly interfered with Litzman, wanted by law enforcement agencies in Australia on suspicion of committing multiple sex offenses while serving as a director of a girls' school in Melbourne.
The second incident investigated as part of the affair was the alleged improper intervention of Deputy Minister Litzman in an attempt to influence the professional echelons in his office in favor of a food business whose owner is close to it, in order to prevent the closure procedures of serious sanitary findings found in it and resulted in the morbidity of a number of people eating its produce (" Food Business Affair ").
As part of the investigation, suspicions were investigated for other incidents, in which Deputy Minister Litzman allegedly acted to improperly influence the professional echelons in the Ministry of Health (MBN - Mental Health Center) and in other offices for a number of prisoners, some of whom are convicted of sexual offenses, all with the aim of helping them to be released. At the end of two-thirds of their imprisonment or leave for prison ("Prisoners Affair").
The investigation began after the approval of the Attorney General and the State Attorney, was conducted under the supervision of the Prime Minister and the Chief of Lahav 433, and was carried out by the National Fraud Investigations Unit (LAHA) in Lahav 433, accompanied by
Deputy Minister of Health MK Ya'akov Litzman said in response: "As we have all along announced, Deputy Minister Litzman has acted throughout his years in favor of Israeli citizens, with absolute transparency and by law. The Litzman Bureau has a clear policy of open door, assistance and public assistance. This is without discrimination between the populations and the sectors and without clarifying the situation of those seeking assistance, except by law and integrity. The police statement also clearly states that the police also believe that no offense was committed in most of the suspicion clauses which Deputy Minister Litzman investigated.
"Regarding the other claims, we are confident that after careful examination, it will be revealed that no defect was made in Deputy Minister's actions. And there is no doubt that this will soon be proven. " Jerusalem District Attorney's Office.
At the conclusion of the investigation, the Israeli police's position was that a sufficient evidence base was formulated against Deputy Minister of Health MK Yaakov Litzman for committing fraud and breach of trust and impeachment in testimony in the "extradition case" and fraud and breach of trust and a bribe in the "affair business case". Investigated in the "Prisoners Affair", some of the incidents have aged and, for the rest, no evidentiary infrastructure has been found to prove the suspicions.
The political system is cautious about expressing a strong position, mainly because of the fear that the two major Likud and white parties will be forced to help the ultra-Orthodox and Blitzman.

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