The Prilep Court rejected the motion for postponement of the prison sentence, which was filed by Dimitar Bogdan, former head of tobacco company Tutunski Kombinat Prilep. He has to report to the prison in Idrizovo on December 30.

He was convicted to five years in prison for tax fraud. He filed the motion for postponement on the basis of healthcare problems, the Prilep Court informed.

On November 29, the court received written report from the hospital that the health of Dimitar Bogdan was satisfying and that he can be imprisoned, said judge Ljube Trajceski.

The court also rejected similar requests of other former heads of the company Ilija Nuneski and Toni Micajkov.

Tutunski Kombinat Prilep is the oldest tobacco company in the region, founded in 1873.