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Hungary lifts immunity and detains two former ministers
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Prosecutors accuse Balazs Hanko of embezzling more than EUR 40 million in public funds.
Hungary’s Parliament lifted the immunity of Prime Minister Peter Magyar and former ministers Balazs Hanko and Miklos Sesztak. Hanko and Sesztak entered pretrial detention over separate corruption investigations, while Magyar faces a phone-theft case. The report details alleged €50 million fund allocations by Hanko and €30 million in bribes accepted by Sesztak.
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Hungary’s Parliament lifted the immunity of Peter Magyar, Balazs Hanko and Miklos Sesztak.
4 of 4 sources“Magyar's Tisza Party parliamentary faction used its two-thirds majority to lift the immunity of two lawmakers”