Former Orbán-Era Minister Hankó Placed in Pre-Trial Detention: Prosecutors Cite Potential Lengthy Prison Sentence
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The former Hungarian Minister of Culture and Innovation, Balaz Hanko, was arrested on suspicion of misallocation of 47.7 million euros from the National Cultural Fund; the court in Kekkemet ordered the arrest of Hanko for one month for fear of hiding or obstructing the investigation; a similar decision is expected with regard to the former deputy head of the Ministry of Veronica Vargi-Bayuz; he is transferred to TASS. According to the investigat…
Former Orbán-era minister Hankó placed in pre-trial detention: prosecutors cite potential lengthy prison sentence
Former minister Balázs Hankó has been placed in one-month detention over alleged misuse of state cultural funds: Continue reading: https://dailynewshungary.com/former-minister-hanko-pre-trial-detention/
The Kecskemét District Court has ruled on the prosecutor's motion requesting the arrest of former Minister of Culture Balázs Hankó.
Hankó is suspected of having participated in the distribution of hundreds of grants as Minister of Culture of the Fidesz government that in reality financed his campaign or the private lives of the beneficiaries.
The actor-activist also summarized how much work they had done to bring the NKA scandal to light. The post Áron Molnár on the arrest of Balázs Hankó: We won this battle! Together! With you! first appeared on 24.hu.
BUDAPEST - The district court in Kecskemét, Hungary, on Thursday ordered the detention of opposition Fidesz party MP and former Minister of Culture and Innovation Balázs Hankó, who is suspected of corruption. This was announced by a spokesperson for the Bács-Malakoman County Prosecutor's Office. The MTI agency reports.
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