Karl-Heinz Grasser Entered His Prison Term at the Judiciary...

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The ex-Minister of Finance has started his prison term

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Former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser (formerly FPÖ, later ÖVP-near) was sentenced to four years in prison in the trial for corruption-related Buwog privatisation for infidelity and gift acceptance. On Monday noon he arrived at the Innsbruck Detention Centre to serve his sentence.

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God's mills grind slowly, it says. But whoever says that does not know the Austrian justice. Let's take Karl-Heinz Grasser: The case on which the former finance minister walked behind bars on Monday - the sale of Buwog apartments - dates back to 2004. Just to remember:

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Born Carinthian Grasser has been resident with his family in Kitzbühel for years. The ex-lobbyist and former FPÖ general secretary Walter Meischberger, who was sentenced as well as Grasser, had recently requested a postponement for medical reasons. The same thing was done by the also guilty ex-lobbyist Peter Hochegger. In both cases, medical experts were appointed to check whether the claimed health reasons were available, the spokesperson of th…

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Former Austrian Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser has been sentenced to four years in prison.

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Karl Heinz Grasser is officially in custody. Shortly after 1 p.m., he arrived at the Judicial Institute in Innsbruck, as the Tiroler Tageszeitung reports.