Two people are now suspected of bribery in connection with an invitation dinner at restaurant Kasai in the sky in Malmö in August 2019. This after SVT Nyheter Skåne revealed that the CEO of the company Vårdinnovation invited the regional director and another regional manager to a seven-course dinner.
Two people have now been assigned public defenders by the Malmö district court. Prosecutors at the National Anti-Corruption Unit write that the two suspects are to be interrogated and therefore need defense lawyers.
SVT has sought regional director Alf Jönsson for an interview, but he does not want to appear in front of the camera. He emails instead: “I have no knowledge of any investigation into possible bribery regarding the dinner you refer to and therefore have no comments either.”
Contacted the regional director
When the chairman of the regional board Carl Johan Sonesson (M) heard about the new suspected bribery offence, he directly contacted the regional director, who was one of the four who attended the dinner.
– It is good that this is properly reviewed, but it is very sad that this is about Region Skåne, says Carl Johan Sonesson (M), to SVT Nyheter Skåne.
What will happen to the Regional Director if he is suspected?
– If it is the case that he is a suspect, we do not know. If it leads to some kind of prosecution, you cannot act as a regional director. Then you can take a time out during that time and then you can have an acting regional director. But we are not there today, says Carl Johan Sonesson (M).