Hungary to probe Gripen deal
Published: Mon Jun 18th, 2007Source: www.thelocal.se
Hungary will probe alleged improprieties in a 2001 tender for fighter jets that was awarded to the Anglo-Swedish consortium BAE Systems and Saab, Defence Minister Imre Szekeres said Monday.The Hungarian media has widely reported on an investigative story by Sweden's SVT television, which alleged that an Austrian businessman, Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly, received $8 million to lobby the Hungarian government on behalf of the company.
"Due to the importance of the case in Hungary, we must analyse the Gripen decision, the tender and its consequences," Szekeres said in parliament, adding that the government backed setting up a parliamentary commission to probe the case.
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