Fattokh Saidov, director of the State Anti-corruption and Financial Control Agency refused to answer questions addressed by the Paikon newspaper, referring to the fact that he had answered similar questions addressed by another periodical.

The Paikon weekly (#24, 26.08.09) was planning an interview with director of the State Anti-corruption agency Fattokh Saidov. The official had been approached well in advance, but he asked journalists to present their questions in written form (which they did). The questions concerned the Agency’s activities and plans for the future.

After numerous telephone calls, the newspaper received the following answer: “In pursuance of your letter dated 14 August 2009, we hereby notify you that I have been interviewed by the Asia Plus weekly, and provided the newspaper with all the answers to your questions. Besides that, you can find additional information about the Agency’s activities, programs, etc. in the texts of public speeches of its director, as well as on our web site www.anticorruption.tj

Seven questions of Paikon remained unanswered.

NANSMIT monitoring service