Swiss court rejects Czech bid to join MUS criminal prosecution

A late Czech bid to take part in the criminal case against managers of coal company MUS has been thrown out by a Swiss court

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Chris Johnstone | 23.12.2011

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The Czech Finance Ministry (headed by Miroslav Kalousek) and the nation’s public prosecutor’s office have blamed each other for being slow to respond to the Swiss authorities investigating the MUS case

A Swiss court has rejected the Czech bid to become part of the court case against former managers of mining company MUS who are believed to illegally taken over the company and syphoned off billions of crowns into Swiss bank accounts. The court, according to Swiss newspaper reports, slammed Czechs for their late application — and shoddy treatment of Swiss authorities as they tried to compile their case.

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