Simferopol - The police came to the Simferopol office of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis on Tuesday, Sep. 16, Mejlis Deputy Chairman Nariman Dzhelyal told Interfax.
“Uniformed people came to Mejlis this morning. Employees were not allowed to enter the building. The head of the Crimea charity foundation, which owns the building, is staying on the site. He said the police planned to start investigative procedures,” Dzhelyal said.
The police have cordoned off the approaches to the Mejlis building and several dozens of officers are standing near it, an Interfax correspondent reports.
“This has been going on since the morning. We were not let into our office. As far as I understand, there is a search in progress. Everything is absolutely lawful, and the police have the necessary documents for holding investigative procedures,” a Mejlis employee told Interfax.
Interfax has yet to obtain comment from the police. The Crimea department of the Russian Investigative Committee has declined to comment. “No comment for now,” department spokesman Sergei Sokolov told Interfax.
