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Hankó is suspected of misappropriation of funds. He has denied any wrongdoing.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F2.webp",{"local":21},{"headline":24,"body":25,"imageUrl":26,"images":27},"Miklós Seszták, an MP from Fidesz ally KDNP","Miklós Seszták, an MP from Fidesz ally KDNP who served as minister for national development between 2014 and 2018, was also detained on Monday as part of an ⁠investigation into alleged bribery. He too has denied wrongdoing.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F3.webp",{"local":26},{"headline":29,"body":30,"imageUrl":31,"images":32},"“Yesterday was an important day,” said Hungary’s prime","“Yesterday was an important day,” said Hungary’s prime minister, Péter Magyar on Tuesday. His Tisza party swept to victory in April elections promising to investigate alleged corruption and abuse of office during Orbán’s 16-year rule.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F4.webp",{"local":31},{"headline":34,"body":35,"imageUrl":36,"images":37},"“After decades of lies, for the first time","“After decades of lies, for the first time, many millions of Hungarians could experience what real regime change and equality before the law really mean, Magyar said on social media. “Hungary is no longer a country without consequences.”","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F5.webp",{"local":36},{"headline":39,"body":40,"imageUrl":41,"images":42},"The arrests came hours after Hungary’s parliament on","The arrests came hours after Hungary’s parliament on Monday voted to suspend Hankó and Seszták’s immunity – but also that of Magyar, who had asked for his to be lifted so he could clear himself of what he called a “character assassination”.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F6.webp",{"local":41},{"headline":44,"body":45,"imageUrl":46,"images":47},"The graft investigations into the Orbán-era ministers are","The graft investigations into the Orbán-era ministers are the first against senior figures in the former government. Magyar, meanwhile, is accused of snatching a phone from a man filming him in a nightclub in 2024 and throwing it into the Danube River.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F7.webp",{"local":46},{"headline":49,"body":50,"imageUrl":51,"images":52},"The prime minister has denied his conduct amounted","The prime minister has denied his conduct amounted to theft and called the case, which involves a damages claim of €300 (£260), a “sham”. He said he took responsibility for his actions but denied committing a crime and criticised prosecutors for “conflating” the ex-ministers’ corruption cases with “an attempted political character assassination”.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F8.webp",{"local":51},{"headline":54,"body":55,"imageUrl":56,"images":57},"Magyar ​has repeatedly said that in recent years","Magyar ​has repeatedly said that in recent years corruption and misuse of public funds have cost Hungary between 8% and 10% of its GDP under successive governments led by Orbán, who has repeatedly denied allowing rampant corruption and outright theft of public money during more than a decade and half in power.","\u002Fapi\u002Fmedia\u002Fposts\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribe-b0c90c92\u002F9.webp",{"local":56},[59],"politics",[61],"World & Politics",{"name":63,"url":64},"Guardian World","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Fworld\u002F2026\u002Fsep\u002F29\u002Ftwo-former-hungarian-ministers-detained-over-suspected-bribery-misuse-public-funds","en",{"handle":67,"displayName":68},"spots","Spots","queued",{"views":71,"likes":72,"saves":72,"shares":72,"completions":72,"opens":72,"skips":72,"depthSum":72},3,0,"2026-09-29T13:24:53.540Z","local"]