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The
Government
maintained
before
the
Commission
that
the
applicant
’s
detention
had
been
effected
on
the
grounds
of
suspicion
of
his
having
committed
a
crime
and
had
been
in
conformity
with
Bulgarian
law
.
Although
it
was
true
that
the
allocation
of
development
aid
had
not
as
such
constituted
a
criminal
offence
,
the
charges
in
question
had
been
brought
because
the
transfers
of
funds
had
,
under
the
cover
of
development
assistance
,
involved
improper
"
deals
"
causing
damage
to
Bulgaria
’s
economic
interests
.
The
Government
were
,
however
,
not
in
a
position
to
provide
any
details
of
such
"
deals
"
as
it
would
adversely
affect
the
confidentiality
of
the
criminal
proceedings
instituted
against
the
applicant
and
eight
other
former
government
members
.
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