The General Prosecutor of Ukraine's Office called in for questioning (starting on 9 December) on 6 December leading opposition MP's and Minister of Internal Affairs Vitaliy Zakharchenko "on the criminal case on abuse of power by the police on the night of 30 November on Maidan Nezalezhnosti" [REF].
On 10 December President Yanukovych asked Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka to immediately "free some people" detained at rallies "who did not commit major violations" [REF].