Journalist Hafiz Babaly was detained as part of a criminal case against employees of the publication Abzas Media, Ibrahim Amiraslanli, a representative of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Turan.
Employees of the main police department of the city of Baku detained Babali, editor of the economic department of the Turan agency, on December 13.
After his arrest, his apartment in Sumgayit was searched and his computer, mobile phone, and documents were seized.
Babali is known for his journalistic investigations into corruption.
During the period after November 20, Abzas Media director Ulvi Hasanli, his deputy Mohammed Kekalov, editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgyzy and reporter Nargiz Absalamova were detained. They are charged with “foreign currency smuggling.”
