State prosecutor seeks nine-year sentence for head of Czech energy regulator

The state prosecutor is seeking a nine-year sentence for the head of the Czech Energy Regulatory Office, Alena Vitasková, over clearance for solar power facilities which allegedly allowed her and several other people to earn extra millions of crowns, Czech television reported on Wednesday. According to the prosecutor, Radek Mezlík, Mrs Vitásková caused the state damages amounting to billions of crowns. The state has also petitioned for high sentences in the case of illegally granted licenses to solar power plants in the Chomutov region.

Author: Ruth Fraňková