The inspection proposed to accuse the police of a criminal offence, but a state attorney handed the case to the director of the anti-corruption police. Cunek, who is also local devlopment minister and senator, was suspected of having taken social benefits and housing contributions from the state in the 1990s while he deposited a total of 3.5 million crowns in banks at the same time. Data from Cunek's police file appeared on Czech Television last October. Cunek was accused in spring 2007 of accepting a 0.5 million crown bribe, in his capacity as mayor of Vsetin, north Moravia, but his prosecution was later halted.
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(Ceske Noviny)
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