State prosecutor calls for financial penalty for Supreme Audit Office head

The state prosecutor in the case against the head of the state’s accounting watchdog, the Supreme Audit Office, has called for a financial penalty to be imposed on him for misuse of state property. The prosecutor said audit office head František Dohnal had far exceeded allowable expenses to the tune of 1.1 million crowns when presenting the bill for the rent of two flats to the state. A verdict in the case is expected on Friday. Mr. Dohnal says he did not abuse his expenses and says the case against him has been politically inspired. He could face a five year jail sentence and start of proceedings to remove him from his post.