The EULEX appeals commission decided Tuesday to accept the appeal lodged by the prosecutor in the Medicus clinic case, and returned the case to investigative judge so that he could reinvestigate the allegations of illegal transplantation of human organs in Pristina.

Late in January, the EULEX investigative judge ruled that certain evidence presented by the prosecutor are unacceptable. The prosecutor lodged an appeal on the ruling. On Tuesday, the appeals commission denied the earlier decision and returned the case to the investigative judge, the statement issued by EULEX reads.

During 2010, EULEX pressed charges twice in the case of Medicus, a privately owned clinic in Pristina where illegal organ transplanting took place.

The accused are several surgeons and one person who used to work in the Health Ministry of Kosovo, whereas the organ transplant donors and recipient were of various nationalities.

The case was initiated by Kosovo policemen and UNMIK in November 2008. Later, EULEX police continued investigation under the supervision of the Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office.

In January, the Turkish authorities first arrested and then released surgeon Jusuf Sonmez, who is suspected of involvement in human organ trafficking in Kosovo.

After being questioned by judge Resata Uruga in Istanbul, surgeon Sonmez, nicknamed by the media as 'Doctor Vulture' or 'Doctor Frankenstein', denied all allegations.

Sonmez denied that organ trafficking took place, and added that he has faith in the legal system and that he was released after questioning.