Lead investigator in Nagyová scandal warns of evidence tampering

The head of the Organized Crime Unit of the Czech Police Robert Šlachta has sent a letter addressed to members of parliament warning them against tampering with evidence or obstructing the investigations of the cases connected to the former prime minister’s chief of staff Jana Nagyová. The police had requested the lower house of parliament to provide them with videotapes and records of the MPs movements within the parliamentary building in July. Politicians from both sides of the aisle have so far refused, saying that the request is an encroachment on the rights of the legislative powers by the executive. Mr. Šlachta issued a stern warning after rules for the storage of information about MPs were changed this week, instructing deputies to get rid of all data by the end of their term in office. The new regulation means that the information the police needs for investigating alleged bribery could be destroyed within days.

Author: Masha Volynsky