Hungarian PM Questioned as Suspect in Phone Theft Case
Magyar denied the allegation after prosecutors said he took a phone from a filming bystander and threw it into the Danube.
- On Wednesday, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar underwent questioning by the Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor's Office regarding a June 21, 2024, incident where he allegedly took a mobile phone and threw it into the Danube.
- Parliament suspended Magyar's immunity on September 28 following a request by Deputy Chief Prosecutor István Lajtár, enabling the investigation into the alleged theft at a Budapest nightclub to proceed.
- Divers recovered the handset from the Danube, with extracted data now used as evidence, though Magyar denies the offense and characterizes the proceedings as a political attempt to damage his reputation.
- Magyar disclosed the questioning on Facebook before the prosecution issued a public statement, adding the comment "Back to work" while maintaining he did not admit to any crime.
- The case remains distinct from the government's wider corruption investigation into Viktor Orban's 16 years in power, which includes separate probes into Balazs Hanka and Miklos Sesztak regarding misuse of public funds.
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One and a half weeks after the waiver of his parliamentary immunity, the Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has been heard by the prosecutor's office. It is about a accusation of theft. The head of government deals very openly with the Causa and is quite relaxed. He denies the allegations, at the same time he criticizes the criminal authorities of the country for the too slow investigation against his predecessor Viktor Orbán.
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar was questioned as a suspect in a case involving the alleged theft of a mobile phone. The questioning was conducted on October 7 by the Central Chief Investigative Prosecutor's Office after parliament lifted his parliamentary immunity. "I made a brief statement and did not admit to committing the crime I am accused of," Magyar said after the questioning. The Hungarian prosecutor's office said he did not admit…
The Hungarian Prosecutor ' s Office questioned the Prime Minister of the country, Peter Madyar, as an accused in the case of the theft of a mobile phone at a nightclub. Madyar was questioned as an accused in the case of the theft of a mobile phone from another person at a nightclub, TASS is referring. A criminal case has been opened against the Prime Minister, but he himself rejects the charges. "Tonight I was questioned by the Central Chie…
On Wednesday evening, at a pre-arranged time, Prime Minister Péter Magyar was questioned at the Central Investigative Prosecutor's Office regarding the mobile phone incident of June 21, 2024 - the chairman of the Tisza Party announced this on Facebook.
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