Kyiv:
A Ukrainian lawmaker involved in a probe into corruption in the defence sector fell ill and died in a taxi on Friday morning, police stated, adding that a forensic examination had been ordered to establish the bring about of death.
The lawmaker, Anton Poliakov, 33, was a member of parliamentary group Party “For the Future”, obtaining been elected to parliament as a member of the ruling Servant of the People party.
“Preliminary, police officers established that the man became ill in a taxi, emergency doctors tried to revive him, but pronounced him dead,” the police stated in a statement.
The General Prosecutor’s Office stated Poliakov was located unconscious in the back seat of a taxi, which was stopped by patrol police officers due to website traffic violations.
The taxi driver stated that the passenger got into his automobile close to a public transport cease outdoors Kyiv downtown and then became ill, complaining of feeling nauseous.
“Valuables, documents, a mobile phone and money were found and confiscated,” the prosecutors stated in a statement.
It stated the taxi was taken for examination and the driver was getting interrogated by investigators.
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