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National security committee discusses Pharaon case, Bőny murder
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Budapest, November 7 (MTI) – Parliament’s national security committee addressed behind closed doors on Monday questions surrounding businessman Ghaith Pharaon, the death of a policeman by a far-right leader in Bőny, and surveillance allegations in connection with the Soros Foundation, the committee’s Socialist head told a press conference.
Zsolt Molnár said the Hungarian authorities were not doing everything they could to clear up questions surrounding Saudi businessman Ghaith Pharaon.
Pharaon has been wanted by the FBI for supporting terrorism and assisting illegal immigration, and had freely entered Hungary in 2015.
Molnár said the government’s reasoning that Pharaon had met visa requirements and did not break any national laws at the time “is unacceptable”. Pharaon has been on the FBI and Interpol’s wanted lists since 1991 and he has never been arrested, so “there is some mystery to his case”, he said.
On the subject of a police detective who was shot dead by a suspect with links to the far right in the village of Bőny in October, Molnár said it was his personal opinion that professional mistakes had been made in connection with the operation. The National Investigating Office is conducting a probe into the case, Molnár said, adding: “There should be consequences”.
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Although police had not been preparing to arrest the suspect when they went to question him at his home, they should have known that he could be armed, Molnár said, adding that questions must be raised about what information the authorities had in their possession regarding the case. He noted he had already reported that terrorism-related information is very fragmented and divided among the various institutions of Hungary’s secret services. The Counter-Terrorism Information and Crime Monitoring Centers could play an important role in harmonising information, Molnár said. He added that it was also known that the Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front), which the suspect led, had connections with Russian secret services.