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Croatia says no Interpol explanation provided for dropping of MOL chief's arrest warrant

Xinhua, November 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Croatian police confirmed on Friday that Interpol has rejected its request of renewing an international arrest warrant for the chief of Hungary's MOL, who is accused in Croatia of bribery.

The Interpol did not provide explanations for dropping of arrest warrant for Zsolt Hernadi, the chief executive and chairman of Hungarian oil and gas firm MOL, for trial, police said in a statement.

Meanwhile, MOL welcomed Interpol's decision and said it confirmed there was no wrongdoing, the report quoted a MOL statement as saying.

"Police will from now on use other bilateral and multilateral channels of communication to achieve international police cooperation," local media reported.

Hernadi was accused in 2013 in Croatia for allegedly bribing former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader 10 million euros (about 10.6 million U.S. dollars) to allow MOL to take over management of Croatia's energy firm INA. The Croatian government and MOL are the biggest shareholders in INA.

At the request of Croatia, Interpol issued a red international arrest warrant for Hernadi, as well as a European arrest warrant. However Hernadi has remained out of reach of the Croatian judiciary by now. Endit