Hungarian PM Questioned as Suspect in Phone Theft Case
Magyar denied the accusation after prosecutors said he took a man’s phone at a Budapest nightclub and threw it into the Danube.
- On Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar faced questioning by the Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor's Office regarding a June 21, 2024, incident at a Budapest nightclub where he allegedly threw a mobile phone into the Danube.
- This questioning follows Parliament's September 28 decision to suspend the immunity of Magyar, Balazs Hanka, and Miklos Sesztak during an extraordinary session requested by Deputy Chief Prosecutor Istvan Lajtar.
- While prosecutors allege the conduct constitutes theft, Magyar has rejected the accusation and denied committing the offence. Divers recovered the handset days after the incident, and extracted data is now being used as evidence.
- Describing the proceedings as an attempt at political character assassination, Magyar personally requested the immunity suspension himself. The case is considered politically sensitive as no sitting Hungarian prime minister has faced criminal proceedings since the political transition.
- Independent of the phone theft case, investigations into Balazs Hanka and Miklos Sesztak are part of a broader government campaign to examine alleged corruption and abuse of office during Viktor Orban's 16 years in power.
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Hungary's central investigation team (KNYF) heard Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Wednesday evening about the 2024 incident in which he was suspected of stealing a phone, announced the chief executive in a Facebook post.
One and a half weeks after the waiver of his parliamentary immunity, the Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has been heard by the prosecutor's office. It is about a accusation of theft. The head of government deals very openly with the Causa and is quite relaxed. He denies the allegations, at the same time he criticizes the criminal authorities of the country for the too slow investigation against his predecessor Viktor Orbán.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar was questioned as a suspect in a case involving the alleged theft of a mobile phone. The questioning was conducted on October 7 by the Central Chief Investigative Prosecutor's Office after parliament lifted his parliamentary immunity. "I made a brief statement and did not admit to committing the crime I am accused of," Magyar said after the questioning. The Hungarian prosecutor's office said he did not admit…
The Hungarian Prosecutor ' s Office questioned the Prime Minister of the country, Peter Madyar, as an accused in the case of the theft of a mobile phone at a nightclub. Madyar was questioned as an accused in the case of the theft of a mobile phone from another person at a nightclub, TASS is referring. A criminal case has been opened against the Prime Minister, but he himself rejects the charges. "Tonight I was questioned by the Central Chie…
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