Protesters call for Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis' resignation

13:45, 16.11.2018

Several thousand protesters gathered in Prague on Thursday to demand that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis resign over suspected criminal corruption.

The billionaire former businessman is accused of pocketing millions of euros in EU funds along with two of his children. One of his sons said he was held involuntarily in Crimea in an effort to impede the criminal probe, as reported by Deutsche Welle.

Demonstrators carried Czech and EU flags as they chanted “resignation” and “shame” in Wenceslas Square.

Public criticism against Babis intensified after his mentally-ill son told a Czech media outlet that he had been involuntarily held in Crimea in an attempt to hinder the corruption probe.

Babis dismissed that accusation and said his son had traveled from his home in Switzerland to Crimea voluntarily.

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