Current Affairs Communist MP Josef Vondruska stripped of immunity to face criminal charges

27-09-2007 14:46 | Jan Richter

The Chamber of Deputies stripped Communist MP Josef Vondruska of immunity on Wednesday. Mr Vondruska will now face criminal charges in connection with his job as a prison guard in 1980s. Several political prisoners who served their jail time under Mr. Vondruska have accused him of brutality and abuse of power. The case will now be investigated by the police and Mr Vondruska could go to prison for up to ten years.

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