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NEW YORK — A former Soviet military officer charged with trying to sell weapons to a terrorist group says U.S. agents warned he could face hunger and rape in Thai jails if he did not talk to them, according to court papers filed by lawyers seeking to have the case dismissed.
Viktor Bout made the claim in a court document filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan. His lawyers say it was unconstitutional to bring the charges in the U.S., a place Bout had never visited.
The Russian government has complained that Bout’s extradition last year from Thailand was unlawful and political.
Denver Post wire services
