The Decision Is Final, Balázs Hankó Will Remain Behind Bars for Months
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The extension of the arrest of Balázs Hankó and Veronika Varga-Bajusz was also upheld in the second instance: they will definitely remain behind bars until February 1, 2027.
Former Minister of Culture and Innovation Balázs Hankó and his former State Secretary Veronika Varga-Bajusz will remain in custody until February, the Kecskemét Court of Appeal announced after rejecting the two politicians' appeal in the second instance. The Kecskemét District Court extended the detention by three months at the end of October, after the regional prosecutor's office initiated it a few days ago. The prosecution justified the motio…
The former Fidesz minister and his state secretary will certainly remain under arrest until February 1st after their appeal was rejected.
The Kecskemét Tribunal has approved the extension of the arrest of the former President of the National Cultural Fund (NKA) and the former Secretary of State of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation for three months, until February 1, 2027, in a criminal case initiated on suspicion of dishonest treatment causing particularly significant material disadvantage, the court said in a press release on Wednesday with MTI.
Despite their appeals against the extension of their detention, the court rejected the request of former Minister of Culture and Innovation Balázs Hankó and former State Secretary Veronika Varga-Bajusz. They will definitely both remain behind bars until February 1st, meaning they will spend Christmas and New Year in detention. The Kecskemét Court of Appeal upheld the previous decision of the Kecskemét District Court in second instance, which ext…
The Kecskemét Court has made a final decision in the NKA case: the arrest of Balázs Hankó and Veronika Varga-Bajusz has been extended by three months.
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