Former chief of protocol involved in Vietnamese businessman's abduction gets new job

Radovan Čulák will manage the ministry's rehabilitation institute.

(Source: Interior Ministry)

Radovan Čulák, the former chief of protocol at the Interior Ministry, should become a director of the ministry's spa and rehabilitation institute Bystrá in Liptovský Ján (Žilina Region), the Sme daily reported.

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Čulák was the main coordinator of the abduction of the Vietnamese citizen Trinh Xuan Thanh, as stems from the testimonies of police officers published by the Denník N daily.

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At the time of the abduction in which Slovakia assisted, Čulák reportedly said: "Kali [former interior minister Robert Kaliňák - ed. note] knows about it, it is in the state's interest," as reported by Sme.

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The Interior Ministry has confirmed that Čulák has been relocated to Bystrá, where he now serves as a deputy of institute's departing director Ladislav Hrobárik.

Police officer managing the spa centre

The ministry has not said why Saková decided to appoint Čulák as a deputy director, or whether he has gone through a recruitment procedure at all, Sme reported.

It just added that the recruitment procedure for the director will be announced once Hrobárik leaves.

The former chief of protocol now works as a police officer, even after the abduction scandal. The ministry has not explained how the work of the institute's director is related to the duties of a police officer.

"Police officers also serve in each facility of this kind," the ministry said, as quoted by Sme, adding that the director of the ministry's institute is a civil job position.

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This means Čulák would be forced to leave the police corps, Sme wrote.

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