Court to probe 'secret police past' of Czech election candidate who was previously charged with fraud

Slovakia's constitutional court has ordered a lower court to review claims that the man who hopes to be the Czech Republic's next prime minister collaborated with the Czechoslovak communist-era secret police.

Court to probe 'secret police past' of Czech election candidate who was previously charged with fraud

Slovakia's constitutional court has ordered a lower court to review claims that the man who hopes to be the Czech Republic's next prime minister collaborated with the Czechoslovak communist-era secret police.

The court ruled at the request of Slovakia's Institute of the Nation's Memory, which holds parts of billionaire Andrej Babis' secret police files.

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