Urbanova takes Cunek case to court

Marcela Urbanova, the key witness in the recently closed case involving deputy prime minister Jiri Cunek has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court against the state attorney's decision to halt the investigation. The deputy prime minister was suspected of having accepted a half a million crown bribe when serving as mayor of Vsetin in 2002 and Marcela Urbanova, his secretary at the time, claims that he boasted to her about having accepted the bribe. The investigation lasted for six months and was halted last week by state attorney Arif Salichov on the grounds of lack of evidence. Salichov also questioned the credibility of Mrs. Urbanova and said that charges might be brought against her for giving false testimony.