Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)
Annex
The Case of Hedviga Malinová delegates to law enforcement and judicial organs the power to decide on their prejudice; all those involved declared they did not feel prejudiced. Subsequently, Kvasnica turned to the head of the investigation department at the District Headquarters of the Slovak Police Force in Nitra with a complaint, warning the case investigators that if Malinová was brought to court for giving false evidence they would be asked to testify as witnesses before the court and their lies would be exposed. A WÍTNESS SpEAks OUT On June 13, 2007, Hedviga Malinová requested the Office of Attorney General to examine whether the Nitra police and the Office of District Attorney in Nitra acted in compliance with the law by abandoning investigation of the attack on September 11, 2006, and turning down a complaint that protested the decision on October 18, 2006, respectively. On June 19, 2007, Zdeno Kamenický of Nitra told several media representatives that he knew the identity of one of two suspected assailants.16 Kamenický maintained friendly relations with the family of Róbert Benci who closely resembled one of two persons on original police identikits and overtly sympathized with extremists. Kamenický learned that Benci might have been involved in the attack from Benci’s uncle; while having a beer in a pub, Benci’s uncle and Kamenický saw police identikits on the TV and immediately recognized Benci. “This Hungarian [whore] was the last thing he needed,” Kamenický recollected Benci’s uncle as saying. Later, Benci’s uncle was not even sure whether his nephew slept home on the day of the assault or had been partying with his friends at the summer house. As we have already said, the police checked on Benci’s alibi on the day of the attack when investigators met him in front of his home and asked him regarding his whereabouts that morning. Based on Kamenický’s testimony, Benci got under a cloud again and was summoned by the police in Nitra but according to his mother, the police merely reassured him that everything was all right. At first, the police was reluctant to summon Kamenický as a witness because investigators concluded that both young men resembling sketches on identikits - i.e. Róbert Benci, too - had “bulletproof alibi”. On June 20, 2007, Kamenický decided to go to the police voluntarily and give his testimony; case investigators questioned him but not as a witness, most probably in order to avoid Kvasnica’s presence. According to the law, the victim’s legal representative is entitled to be present at all interrogations related to the case. During the interrogation, Kamenický repeated what he had 307
