Helsby and his team worked on the audit of the Cunek family finances for a couple of weeks and their results were released on the Internet this week. Junior ruling Christian Democrat (KDU-CSL) chairman Cunek, who is also local development minister and senator, was accused of bribery in spring 2007, but his prosecution was later halted.
However, some of his financial deals have remained unclear. The Kroll audit was ordered by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (for Greens) who said he would not sit with Cunek in the government Further checking Czech deputy PM meaningless - auditor in press ...
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Czech KDU-CSL head to release decision on halting his prosecution ... unless his financial situation is clarified. The audit result was rather positive for Cunek. However, it revealed some discrepancies in his finances. The Kroll investigation shows, for instance, that Cunek allegedly received high rewards for lobbying in the form of per diem, that is not subject to taxation, which might be the reason for a high difference between his official income and his saving deposited in bank accounts. Helsby today said it would have been sufficient to release only the audit's result and not its full text. He also said the agency would definitely assess the so far missing 700 pages of the Cunek files for which Schwarzenberg had asked. Helsby explained that the detectives had the list of the files content at their disposal so they knew what the missing pages included. The missing pages will most probably not change the audit conclusions, said Helsby who has been working for the Krolls since 1981. Helsby also noted that in his opinion, not even Cunek had read the over 4000 pages of the files and he probably did not know that some pages were missing. It may have been a mistake of lawyers, policemen or state attorneys dealing with the case, Helsby added. According to junior government Greens chairman Martin Bursik and PM Mirek Topolanek (Civic Democrats, ODS), the Kroll investigation neither confirms the allegations that Cunek mediated a disadvantageous deal as mayor of Vsetin, north Moravia, nor that he gained his finances in a dubious way. Schwarzenberg, on his part, said on Monday that the investigation into Cunek's finances was not yet over because Cunek did not provide the complete police file to the auditors. He confirmed he would stay in the government only if the auditors exonerated Cunek.
(Ceske Noviny)
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