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Sergeant Zsolt Laponyi, Who Asked Bence Rétvári Not to Use His Photo, Has Left the Police Force

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The former police officer was disciplined after his public post addressed to the Secretary of State.

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Police Sergeant Zsolt Laponyi, who became known for objecting to Bence Rétvári's Facebook post, in which he and his colleagues were featured without their consent in a photo that also included a KDNP logo, has resigned with immediate effect. Laponyi asked Rétvári to remove the photo in his post, as it had been used without his knowledge or consent and the caption had been added afterwards. This resulted in the police initiating disciplinary proc…

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The former police officer was disciplined after his public post addressed to the Secretary of State.

Zsolt Laponyi, who did not want to be the advertising face of the KDNP, is no longer a police officer - He resigned with immediate effect on March 9.

·Budapest, Hungary
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"I left the Hungarian Police," he said.

·Budapest, Hungary
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In his newly published video, Laponyi said that for him, last year's case was the beginning of a process in which he experienced that loyalty is often more important than truth in the system.

Zsolt Laponyi talked in his video about how he was imprisoned in the fast-moving street jail as punishment and was no longer able to serve as a police officer.

·Hungary
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Heti Világgazdaság broke the news in Hungary on Monday, March 16, 2026.
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