Slovak police charge ex-president and opposition leader Kiska with tax fraud


  • World
  • Friday, 06 Dec 2019

FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska speaks at the party headquarters of Slovakia's presidential candidate Zuzana Caputova in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak police have charged former president Andrej Kiska with tax fraud, stirring up the political scene ahead of an election due in February.

Police suspect Kiska, who is now an opposition leader, of wrongdoing in campaign financing before he became president in 2014. He could face up to 12 years in prison if the case is brought to court and he is found guilty.

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