Complaint against prosecutor in Jiri Cunek's case dropped

Brno district prosecutor Petr Coufal has dropped a complaint filed against his subordinate prosecutor Arif Salichov in the case of Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek. The Christian Democrats leader had been accused of taking bribes when he served as the mayor of Vsetin, North Moravia. After a six-month investigation, the case was taken away from the prosecutors in the nearby town of Prerov, and Arif Salichov was appointed to represent the state in this matter. In July, Mr Salichov dropped the case against Mr Cunek, citing lack of evidence and bad police work, which made prosecutors from Prerov file the complaint.