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The prosecutor's office allowed chairman of Estonia's Center Party Edgar Savisaar, who is under suspicion of graft and has because of that been suspended from the office of mayor of Tallinn, to travel to Switzerland, the daily Postimees reports.
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According to spokesman for the party Taavi Pukk, Savisaar is in Switzerland until the end of the week and he will take part in several meetings.
Usually a suspect cannot leave his residence for longer than three days without permission of the body conducting proceedings, but according to spokesman for the Public Prosecutor's Office, Ilmar Kahro, Savisaar has been granted permission. He added that he is not allowed to comment on the reason behind Savisaar visiting Switzerland because it is the latter's private matter.
Postimees had previously reported that the Public Prosecutor's Office has been investigating Savisaar's connection to a Swiss fund, Arsai Investment, since 2014.