Marek Hrabáč accompanied by the police at court. | Video: Diary/Miroslava Šebestová
14 people and 5 legal entities were accused in the case, the public prosecutor requested the imposition of custody on three suspects. The Chomutovský court decided on it during Thursday. “I proposed the detention of three persons, the court will decide on them. There are two grounds for detention for all three persons. I proposed the grounds for collusive detention, i.e. so that the accused cannot possibly influence the witnesses and do not frustrate the investigation, and at the same time the grounds for pre-trial detention, that is, so that they do not repeat criminal activity, they did not continue it,” said prosecutor Jan Svoboda.
Subsequently, the court imposed detention on all three, i.e. mayor and ex-candidate for governor Marek Hrabáč, businessman Ladislav Šmucra and ex-head of the regional road authorities Libor Tačner.
The arrival and departure of the accused was somewhat non-standard, this time the escort led them through the side entrance, the main entrance is normally used.
The police intervention took place on Tuesday, August 6, in several places in the Ústí, Karlovy Vary, Moravian-Silesian and Central Bohemian regions. The mayor of Chomutov, regional councilor and now ex-candidate for governor Marek Hrabáč (ANO), director of the Administration and Road Maintenance of the Ústí Region Libor Tačner, chief of the Chomutov policemen Tomáš Douda, director of the Chomutov Zoo Věra Fryčová or the owner of the Jirkovsk company Rocknet Ladislav were arrested and subsequently accused. Smucr. The case concerns the alleged influencing of public contracts, criminal investigators are interested, for example, in competitions for the repair of regional roads or the Chomutov zoo.
