Kaili’s lawyer had previously affirmed that his client was innocent. The judiciary charges Kaili and other suspects with involvement in a criminal organization, money laundering and corruption. It is about alleged influence on political decisions of the EU Parliament by Qatar and Morocco. Investigators uncovered this in December.
Kaili’s lawyer, however, blamed the Belgian authorities for their interim conditions of detention. “The conditions in the police cell in Brussels are reminiscent of the Middle Ages,” Michalis Dimitrakopoulos told international media on Thursday afternoon. “It’s all torture.” Dimitrakopoulos claimed Kaili was in solitary confinement and deprived of sleep.
All in all, she stayed at the police station from January 11th to 12th and is now in prison in Haren, Dimitrakopoulos confirmed to the German Press Agency when asked. According to a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Justice, detainees in the recently opened prison are housed in their own cells with showers.