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Police keep quiet about why Magyar Péter’s wealth-recovery chiefs need protection
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Police keep quiet about why Magyar Péter’s wealth-recovery chiefs need protection

From Magyar Nemzet · () Hungarian

Translated from Hungarian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hungary’s police confirmed temporary personal protection for National Authority for the Recovery of Assets President Anna Unger and her deputy.
  • Police did not disclose the threat or danger that prompted the measure.
  • Parliament elected Unger to lead the authority on Aug. 28, after Magyar Péter said its leaders would receive special powers, immunity and round-the-clock protection.

Hungarian police have confirmed that Anna Unger, head of the newly established National Authority for the Recovery of Assets, and her deputy are receiving temporary personal protection. The authorities have not said what danger or threat required the measure.

The announcement did not come entirely as a surprise. Magyar Péter had previously said that the leaders of the new office would receive special powers. In a June interview, the Tisza party president described the NVVH as an institution without precedent in Europe.

Magyar said the authority’s president and four deputies would receive immunity and 24-hour police protection. Parliament elected Unger as NVVH president on Aug. 28. The National Police Headquarters has now confirmed that Unger and the deputy president are already under temporary protection, without providing further details about the security arrangement or its justification.

An institution without precedent in Europe

— Magyar PéterHe used the phrase to describe the National Authority for the Recovery of Assets in a June interview.
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Originally published by Magyar Nemzet in Hungarian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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