Hungary arrests two former Orban government ministers

Two former Hungarian ministers who were part of the government of Viktor Orban were detained in Budapest. They are suspected of committing corruption crimes that caused damage to the state by millions of euros. We are talking about the former head of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation Balazha Hanko and the former head of the Ministry of National Development Miklos Shestak – both were summoned to law enforcement agencies and taken into custody.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Madyar tweeted that the two former ministers had fallen into the hands of the authorities, calling it the result of the first serious day of Operation Purgatory.

The current government announced the operation in June, and since then, a number of large cases involving public procurement and spending have been investigated in Hungary.

Earlier it was reported that the Parliament of Hungary deprived Magyar of immunity.