- Zuzana Šubová refuses to send anonymous messages to Jozef Kiss.
- He perceives police intervention as intimidation and crossing red lines.
- The police searched Šubová’s house on suspicion of dangerous stalking.
- The police force insists on the legality of the intervention, which was approved by the court.
Chairperson of the non-parliamentary Pirate Party – Slovakia Zuzana Šubová denies that she would send anonymous messages to the president of the Financial Administration (FS) and the former head of the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA) Jozef Kiss. Monday’s (January 19) police intervention in her house was supposed to relate to the suspicion of committing the crime of dangerous stalking.
However, according to Šubová, the only reason for the search was to find out what documents she had in connection with the activities of the PPA and also the documents related to the criminal reports she filed. She called it intimidation.
Šubová considers Monday’s police action to be a violation of all red lines. The course of the intervention reminded her more of a demonstration of strength and humiliation of her person. “The only reason was to find out what Šubová has in various criminal proceedings. Because the conclusions that I want to present, as it was said, next week in Brussels, are really serious,” she announced at Tuesday’s press conference. “What interested the investigator and the gentlemen around during those seven hours were the letter documents and documents regarding the PPA,” zoomed in.
Šubová reminded that the criminal complaint against Kiss for dangerous pursuit was already dealt with by the police in 2023, and she herself had already testified three times in this matter. She emphasized that she did not send any anonymous messages to Kiss, she does not know his family and does not even know where he lives. According to her, the police should have informed her that there was no connection with her person. According to Šubová, the prosecutor of the district prosecutor’s office in Pezinok insisted that a criminal prosecution must be initiated in the matter. “And apparently, under mysterious circumstances, this criminal case was transferred to the Office for Combating Organized Crime (ÚBOK),” she declared.
Presidium of the Police Force (PZ) informed that the ÚBOK conducts criminal proceedings in connection with the suspicion of committing the crime of dangerous stalking on the basis of a criminal report filed on November 10, 2023. “Since its beginning, the criminal proceedings have been conducted under the supervision of the relevant prosecutor’s office, and all procedural acts, including house searches, were carried out on the basis of a legal order issued and approved by the relevant court,” stated in the statement sent to TASR by the communication department of the Presidium of the PZ.
In this matter, they detained one person in the fourth district of Bratislava on Monday, who “after the necessary procedural actions” were released. The police also informed that all seized items were handed over for expert examination after the execution of procedural acts.
On Tuesday, the police force repeatedly rejected claims that question the legality and purpose of the procedural actions taken in the criminal case in question. “The spread of unsubstantiated claims about the alleged silencing of persons or the abuse of police powers are misleading. In the performance of their activities, the police proceed impartially, lawfully, and regardless of the possible political or public activity of the persons against whom the procedural acts are carried out,” emphasized the police officers.
They also pointed out that the dissemination of false or distorted information can negatively interfere with the ongoing investigation, threaten its objectivity, reduce public trust in law enforcement agencies and create disproportionate pressure on the investigators themselves.
