Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)
Annex
_ Annex — Marie Vrabcová king her unconscious. On the back side of her white blouse, they wrote in ballpoint: “Hungarians behind the Danube! Free SK of parasites!” When Malinová regained consciousness, she was unable to recollect what had happened to her. In shock, she dragged herself to the building of the university’s Hungarian department where teachers noticed her wounds, strong agitation and the writing on her blouse. They called an ambulance immediately. The battered girl was first treated at the traumatological department of the Nitra hospital where they established contusions and bruises on knee hollow and stomach cavity wall that testified to punches; her cheeks were swollen, her lips were ripped and she had suffered a concussion. Neurologist established a posttraumatic shock that may cause a partial loss of memory. On that day, hospital director Viktor Žák told the media that the girl had been clearly beaten and although she had not been seriously injured, she had suffered a very heavy trauma and would probably need a psychologist’s assistance to be able to overcome the experience. Based on her parents’ request, Malinová was transferred to a hospital in Dunajská Streda still on August 25, 2009. Here, they diagnosed her again and established practically identical wounds: concussion, bruises on her left face, nose and jaw and contusions on thighs and stomach cavity wall. The doctor that examined her wrote to the medical report that the contusions had been undoubtedly caused by hand and fist blows. After 10 p.m., the student was visited in hospital by three investigators from Nitra who subjected her to questioning contrary to service regulations and despite she was still sedated, a point that was made clear to them by the doctor on duty. The investigators did not inform the victim of her legal rights, did not read the transcript to her and even left out one important sentence from the computer transcript of her testimony. According to the transcript’s manuscript, Malinová uttered the following sentence: “As to whether I was on the phone with somebody or met somebody in person before the incident, I rather believe I was talking to somebody I met.” This sentence is missing from the computer transcript of Malinová’s testimony.2 PoÜtícaI bidcERÍNq Since physical injuries did not hamper her mobility, Hedviga Malinová asked to be released from hospital care on the next day. Based on her description of assailants from the previous day, the police produced and released identikits of assailants already on August 25 but did not announce whether any matching suspects had been found; the prosecutor did not 300
