Moshe Hogg’s lawyers published a letter today (Thursday) sent by Superintendent Eli Makmel, head of the Fraud Investigation Unit, with serious complaints about the conditions of detention of Betar Jerusalem’s owners.
Amit Hadad and Moshe Mazor, Hogg’s lawyers, wrote, among other things: “Exhaustion of the investigative proceedings does not mean that the investigators have the authority to treat our client in a disgraceful manner and imprison him under impossible and inhumane conditions of detention, while trying to intimidate him and violate his fundamental rights to a fair trial.” Investigators are not allowed to interrogate our client after sleepless nights when he is tired and hungry.
“Our client is being held in Hadarim Prison. The detention cell includes unacceptable sanitary conditions, which do not meet basic standards. The detention cell is infested with cockroaches and other insects, which do not allow our client to sleep or eat in it. …
“Throughout his detention, our client warned the relevant authorities that threats were being made against him by detainees and other prisoners, according to which if he did not transfer money to them, they would kill him and harm his family members.
“Our client’s departure from detention and back, followed by unnecessary torture and abuse. Our client’s interrogation ended yesterday at about 4:00 PM. He arrived at the detention center at 11:30 pm Our client, who was suffering from excessive fatigue, was surprised to find that as early as 2:00 a.m., he was required to leave the detention cell to arrive for questioning at the Lahav offices.
“This time, too, our marshal was tossed on the road for long hours, passing him between a large number of vehicles all night long.
“During the interrogation today, our client shared with his interrogators the extreme fatigue he was suffering from. Instead of allowing our client to recover and rest a little, our client was told that an interrogation could be stopped, but this would require the police to continue extending his detention. So required.
“This conduct does not meet the accepted standard and is therefore a threat of detention. It is also contrary to the agreement reached by the parties that unless an indictment is filed against him, on Tuesday his client will be released on restrictive conditions. This is a very serious statement; “It is inconceivable that our client would ask to be evacuated or stopped for refreshments, but the investigator would prevent this from happening to our client by making threats as if his client’s detention would be extended as a result.”