Prague – The police have launched criminal proceedings in the case of alleged corruption of Czech deputy finance minister Martin Bartak who is suspected of having asked for a bribe in connection with a military order for Tatra lorries, the daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today.
Regional State Attorney´s Office in Ostrava, north Moravia, headed by Zlatuse Andelova will supervise the investigation into Bartak´s case.
The police have already questioned three witnesses, who told MfD about Bartak´s alleged corrupt behaviour last week, and they all confirmed their words, MfD says.
“There is a substantiated suspicion that a crime may having been committed. This is why criminal proceedings were launched to clarify and examine all circumstances,” said Andelova who in the past investigated the alleged corruption case of former deputy prime minister Jiri Cunek (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL).
Her superiors exerted pressure on Andelova over the Cunek case but she did not yield to it. More…..