Hungary Targets Graft Watchdog, Investigative Media in Probe
- Sovereignty Agency has also investigated an opposition leader
- Transparency International calls probe ‘baseless’ and illegal
Viktor Orban
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A state body set up by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has started probes into the graft watchdog Transparency International and a news website, in the latest moves targeting groups critical of his regime.
The investigation was started because Transparency International’s Hungarian unit received funding from abroad and its work is deemed to influence Hungarian voters, according to a letter from the Sovereignty Protection Agency that the anti-corruption group published on Tuesday.