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MK LITZMAN ACCUSED OF USING POWERS TO PREVENT EXTRADITION OF PEDOPHILE

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MK LITZMAN ACCUSED OF USING POWERS TO PREVENT EXTRADITION OF PEDOPHILE

According to reports, Litzman is suspected of trying to obtain medical evaluations that would prevent the extradition of Malka Leifer.

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 FEBRUARY 14, 2019 18:05

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    Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman at the Knesset August 8, 2018
    Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman at the Knesset August 8, 2018. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
    Deputy Health Minister MK Ya’acov Litzman was questioned Thursday at the National Fraud Investigation Unit in Lahav on suspicion of committing offenses of integrity, following a covert investigation that began several months ago.

    The investigation is being conducted under the supervision of the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office and with the approval of the attorney-general.
    Litzman is suspected of obstructing legal proceedings by working to obtain false papers in order to prevent the extradition of Malka Leifer, an ultra-Orthodox pedophile who was arrested in Israel in February 2018. Victorian police fought to bring Leifer back to Australia to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse.

    According to reports, Litzman is suspected of trying to obtain psychiatric medical evaluations psychiatric medical evaluations that would prevent her extradition.

    His office said that he was “summoned to the police today for an affair related to a public request for help, and he gave his full testimony and answered all the questions as required.”

    But Manny Waks, CEO of Kol V’Oz, said, “We have long suspected high-level interference in the Malka Leifer case, and these serious allegations against Israel’s Deputy Health Minister, Rabbi Ya’acov Litzman, confirms the ongoing suspicion many have regarding this case.”

    Waks said that while he would view Litzman as innocent until proven guilty, the minister’s “appalling track record speaks for itself,” noting that Litzman defended a recent visit to convicted sex offender Rabbi Eliezer Berland. He said that the minister likewise informed Leifer’s alleged victims in a chance encounter at the Knesset that he does not support them or Leifer’s extradition.

    “Litzman has shown his true colors in the past, and hopefully he will now be brought to full account,” Waks said.

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