Five Romanian diplomats who worked in Bonn during the Communist regime were recently accused by the Institute for Researching Communist Crimes in Romania (IICCR) of involvement in the placing of explosive devices in packages sent to Romanian anti-Communist dissidents. One of the five diplomats listed in the criminal complaint tabled at the Military Court of Justice is Dan Mihoc, currently general manager of the company representing British Petroleum in Romania.
Mihoc declared for Hotnews.ro that his activity as an officer of the former political police, Securitate, was exclusively related to economy issues and denies any connection with the attacks against Radio Free Europe in 1981.
Mihoc says that all accusations regarding his involvement in the "bomb the dissidents" affair are pure inventions.
In the complaint submitted on November 7 at the Military Prosecution Office, IICCR claims that Mihoc was, in the early '80's, the second secretary in Romania's embassy to Bonn.
According to the complaint, a certain Constantinescu "unveiled to German authorities the fact that Mihoc organized, along with terrorist Ilici Ramirez Sanchez, a.k.a Carlos the Jackal, the explosive packages attacks against Romanian anti-Communist dissidents Paul Goma, Serban Orascu and Nicolae Penescu”.
The packages were sent in February 1981 "with the intention to cause the death or severe injuries of the targets, as well as to intimidate other challengers of the Communist regime". The researchers at IICCR claim that, until the attacks, Dan Mihoc was an officer of the 0195 military unit.
Contacted by Hotnews.ro, Mihoc denied all accusations: "They have nothing to do with the reality. There are pure inventions". "It is true I was an officer", Mihoc admits, but claiming he had nothing to do with the attacks.
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