Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader attends a hearing during his trial in Zagreb, Croatia, in an Oct. 22, 2018, file photo.A Croatian court ruled on Monday that the head of Hungarian energy group MOL and Croatia’s former prime minister were guilty in a corruption case, opening a new chapter in a legal saga that has dragged on for almost a decade.
They were handed prison sentences of two and six years respectively, Croatia’s N1 television reported, although both were absent from court. The ruling is not final and can be appealed. MOL owns close to 50 per cent of INA while the Croatian state owns 45 per cent.Court president Ivan Turudic said: “There is an active European arrest warrant for Hernadi and Hungary should act accordingly.”
MOL said in a statement that it was disappointed with the verdict and Hernadi continued to have the full support of MOL’s board. Sanader was initially sentenced to 8-1/2 years in prison in 2014 for taking a bribe from MOL, but Croatia’s Constitutional Court in 2015 ordered a retrial, citing procedural errors.On Monday Sanader’s sentence was cut to six years because he became ill in the meantime, Turudic said.
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