Klimovicova to be charged with corruption

Eva Klimovicova, a close aide to the former health minister David Rath, is to be charged with corruption. Klimovicova is accused of taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies for whom she set up meetings with Mr. Rath when he was president of the Czech Medical Chamber. An employee of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer claims she asked for three million crowns in return for arranging such a meeting. Ms. Klimovicova counters that it was the Pfizer representative who offered her three million crowns in an attempt to frame her. If found guilty, she could get a sentence of up to five years.