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By Tamas Csonka in Budapest A former tax investigator of the Hungarian Tax Office (NAV) says that high-level political orders led to the halt of an investigation against a prominent businessman, who months later established an alleged spoiler political party to further divide the opposition in the 2022 general elections. Opposition parties say the case exposes the inner workings of the Orban regime and how the government intervenes directly in the work of investigative bodies to undermine the rule of law. The investigation against Gyorgy Gattyan was unexpectedly terminated in the autumn of 202…

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