Judge faces new allegations as Ukraine tackles corruption

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian judge Artur Yemelianov attends an interview with Reuters in Kiev, Ukraine, December 29, 2016. Picture taken December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Natalia Zinets/File Photo

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine is looking into new allegations against a prominent judge who recently returned from suspension imposed under a government drive to root out corruption.

Judge Artur Yemelianov was suspended for three months from January until April this year after state prosecutors opened a criminal investigation against him related to how commercial law cases were allocated to judges.