"(Prosecutor: The accused that is present, the President of the Republic Alberto Fujimori, knew about these "chica" diaries?) Yes, he knew about them because (former spy chief (Vladimiro) Montesinos always gave an account of expenses to Mr Fujimori," she said. Taking the stand, Pinchi Pinchi told prosecutors Fujimori and former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos had regular contact over national defence expenses, including funds used to pay off media.
MATILDE PINCHI PINCHI TRIAL
The 75-year-old former leader returned to a Lima court house where he is facing trial for his alleged involvement in using the tabloid "chicha press" newspapers to publish slander against his political opponents, allegedly using public funds to bribe editors.įujimori has denied the charges, with his defence team arguing he did not control intelligence service accounts and only reviewed results from operations against terrorism and drug trafficking. Story Text: Drama in a Peru courtroom on Friday (May 09) after Matilde Pinchi Pinchi, the former secretary to former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos testified that ex president Alberto Fujimori was complicit in buying influence in Peru's tabloid newspapers from national defence funds.(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR CRISTIAN SALAS, SAYING: "What she (Pinchi Pinchi) said was that Vladimiro Montesinos Torres and Alberto Fujimori absolutely coordinated directly, in SIN (National Intelligent Services) offices or in the Government Palace where there was an encrypted telephone." "(Prosecutor: The accused that is present, the President of the Republic Alberto Fujimori, knew about these "chica" diaries?) Yes, he knew about them because (former spy chief (Vladimiro) Montesinos always gave an account of expenses to Mr Fujimori."įUJIMORI REQUIRING PERMISSION TO LEAVE COURT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTIONĪNTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR CRISTIAN SALAS SPEAKING TO MEDIA
(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FORMER SECRETARY TO FORMER SPY CHIEF VLADIMIRO MONTESINOS, MATILDE PINCHI PINCHI SAYING:
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