Slovak ex-top prosecutor charged as probes into reporter's murder widen


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  • Thursday, 19 Dec 2019

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia's former chief prosecutor has been charged with abuse of power for hiding recordings from a secret service operation, Slovak police and media said on Wednesday, the latest fall-out from an investigation into a journalist's murder in 2018.

The killing of 27-year-old investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and is fiancee triggered mass protests and the resignation of a prime minister, buffeting the central European country's political and justice system.

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