Former PM sells shares for reported 100 million crowns

According to the Tyden internet server and other news sources, former Czech prime minister Stanislav Gross has sold shares in a Moravian energy company for an undisclosed sum, estimated by the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes at 100 million crowns (more than five million US dollars). The shares in the Moravia Energo company were bought by Slovak financier Pavol Krupa who has estimated their value at seven or eight times that price. Mr Gross reportedly acquired the shares - a 31 percent stake in the company - half a year ago. Earlier, an anti-corruption activist filed a criminal complaint against the former prime minister on the grounds Mr Gross could have abused information while a state representative. The Social Democrats, who Mr Gross headed, have also called for an explanation.