Speculation over outcome of Kroll investigation

There is speculation as to the outcome of an investigation into the finances of Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek by the private US detective agency Kroll. The investigation was commissioned and paid for by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg who remained skeptical with regard to Mr. Čuneks’ proclaimed innocence after the police concluded that the corruption allegations against him were ungrounded. Mr. Čunek was accused of taking a one and a half million crown bribe while he was mayor of a town in Moravia. Minister Schwarzenberg said that if the Kroll investigation did not clear Mr. Čunek he himself would resign as foreign minister. Mr. Schwarzenberg received the results of the investigation a week ago but said on Wednesday he had been too busy with the Czech-US radar deal to study it properly.