Finance Minister wants Kroll to apologize

Prague - Despite the fact that the latest audit of Jiří Čunek´s finances raised new questions, Jiří Čunek regards the whole issue of his corruption as "closed". Čunek stated this at a press conference Tuesday, adding the US investigative firm Kroll that conducted the audit was wrong in their conclusion that he had been involved in lobbying for an armament company Zbrojovka with Finance Minister Kalousek. Kroll´s statement angered Miroslav Kalousek who has drafted a letter of complaint addressed to Kroll, in which he asked for an apology. Witness speaks up Among the persons interviewed during the audit preparation was Karel Dančák, then Zbrojovka´s executive director, who said that "Mr. Čunek was involved in Zbrojovka's efforts to win a government contract for the Plamen machine gun commissioned for the Czech-made L-159... [read full story]