News site: Investigation launched into how police information may have reached Babiš

The police have begun investigating how their own sensitive information may have reached the hands of ANO chief Andrej Babiš, the news site Neovlivni.cz reported on Tuesday. The news comes after a recording leaked on Monday appeared to show a now former Mladá fronta Dnes journalist, Marek Přibil, offering Mr. Babiš information from files and wiretaps relating to an ongoing case from the police’s organised crime squad. For his part, Mr. Babiš says Mr. Přibil had been deployed as an agent to infiltrate his MAFRA media organisation. The ANO leader has denied ordering reports damaging to his opponents in MfD (whose owner MAFRA is now in a trust), and questioned why leaks were coming out now, during a government crisis.

Author: Ian Willoughby