Eight pardoned by President Klaus

President Vaclav Klaus pardoned another eight persons, most of them for humanitarian reasons, President's spokesman Petr Hajek told the Czech News Agency on Monday. Four people will not have serve the remaining prison time of up to one year, while the other four persons are foreigners who were to be expelled from the Czech Republic but have established family ties with Czech nationals. Mr Klaus has pardoned 169 people during his term that began in 2003.

Author: Jan Richter