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Hungary's Secret Police Files Go Online
Hungary's communist secret police files go online, embarrassing Fidesz MP named by mistake.
In brief
Hungary's communist secret police files go online, embarrassing Fidesz MP named by mistake. Hungary published communist secret police files online, mistakenly including Fidesz MP Sándor Lezsák who denied being an agent. Originally reported by EUobserver.
Secret-police files online
Hungary published communist secret police files online for public search.
Sándor Lezsák named by mistake
Fidesz MP Sándor Lezsák mistakenly appeared in state security files online.
Lezsák's protest
Lezsák wrote he would be held accountable in court for spreading the lie.
“Everyone who spreads this vile lie will be held accountable for it in court”
IT error corrected
Historical Archives confirmed Lezsák was not a network contact but under surveillance.
Fidesz reaction
Fidesz politicians criticized Tisza government for neo-communist actions.
Apology from government
Prime minister Magyar publicly apologized to Lezsák for the error.
Historical context
Hungary made files public 37 years after communist regime change.
The takeaway
Hungary published communist secret police files online, mistakenly including Fidesz MP Sándor Lezsák who denied being an agent.
