Two men from Seliste, Orhei said they had been beaten by employees of the Orhei Traffic Police in the presence of the prosecutor, while the case and internal inquiry into this case have been stagnant for a year and a half. In a news conference on January 11, the National Anticorruption Council “Moldova mea” presented videos from the surveillance cameras of the Orhei district hospital, where the incident took place, Info-Prim Neo reports. Viorel Gheorghita said that the story started in the summer of 2011, when he was stopped by a Traffic Police inspector for speeding. The policeman asked for 200 lei from him. He had only 100 lei on him and promised he will give the other 100 lei later. In a period, the two met in a café. On the pretext that the man didn’t give him 100 lei, the police officer and other colleagues of his punched him. The man’s brother Vladimir Negru said that he tried to intervene, but was beaten too. The two were taken to the remand center and kept there for 72 hours. Afterward, they were hospitalized. Viorel Gheorghita said that a group of police officers, including the Orhei Traffic Police chief, came to him in the hospital and beat him again, in the presence of the district prosecutor and doctors. The men said that a criminal case was started against them after this case, they being accused of beating police officers. An internal inquiry was launched to investigate the acts of the policemen. According to the men, no decision has been taken on this case over a year and a half. The head of the National Anticorruption Council “Moldova mea” Fiodor Ghelici said that 78% of all the crimes committed in Moldova involve police officers. Instead of being punished, they are promoted. In the rural settlements, where the people are less informed about their rights, these pseudo-policemen write the law themselves. Igor Caldare, a member of the Association “Moldova Mea”, said that this case reveals the illegalities committed in Moldova. According to him, the then chief of the Orhei Traffic Police had been involved in other wrongdoings, including the murder of a man and the hiding of evidence in the case of the murder of two girls. The brothers called on the administration of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prosecutor General’s Office to take measures over this case as the district law enforcement bodies don’t do them justice. If nothing is done, they will seek help from European institutions for human rights.