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StB officer receives suspended sentence for persecuting Töpfer: “I wish him a peaceful old age,” actor says

From iDNES · () Czech

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  • A Czech court gave former State Security officer Juraj Štúr a two-year suspended sentence for abusing official authority.
  • The case concerned his role in persecuting actor Tomáš Töpfer under the communist regime.
  • Töpfer said the verdict did not give him a sense of satisfaction.

Juraj Štúr, a former officer of communist Czechoslovakia’s State Security service, left court with a two-year suspended sentence for his role in the persecution of actor Tomáš Töpfer.

The court found Štúr guilty of abusing the authority of a public official. The alleged persecution took place under the former regime, when Štúr served with the State Security service, known as the StB.

Töpfer said he did not feel a sense of satisfaction after the verdict. “I wish him a peaceful old age,” the actor said.

I wish him a peaceful old age.

· Tomáš TöpferThe actor commented on the suspended sentence handed to the former StB officer involved in his persecution.
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