Former police chief appointed interior minister

President Vaclav Klaus on Thursday appointed Jan Kubice the country’s new interior minister. The former head of a police squad for fighting organized crime comes with the reputation of a zealous civil servant who was not afraid to pick a fight with politicians. He became a household name in 2006 when he leaked a report to the press in which he claimed that organized crime had infiltrated state ...

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