Hungary's Radical Mi Hazánk Party Proposes Measures 'to Fight Gypsy Crime'

  • 23 Aug 2023 8:37 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Hungary's Radical Mi Hazánk Party Proposes Measures 'to Fight Gypsy Crime'
Opposition Mi Hazánk Party has submitted a package of amendment proposals to the criminal code “in an effort to fight the proliferation of gypsy crime”, party lawmaker Előd Novák said.

The current criminal code includes some easing of regulations when it comes to certain cases of rowdiness, and Mi Hazánk instead is calling for stricter punishment of acts of disorderly conduct committed in a group involving weapons, he said.

The party also proposes that lynching should appear in the statute book as an independent crime, he added.

Additionally, security guards not carrying arms should be protected by law as persons fulfilling public duties, he said.

Mi Hazánk law enforcement expert Attila Vidó said that security guards working in shopping malls were subjected to incidents on a daily basis as a result of shoplifting attempts.

MTI Photo: Noémi Bruzák

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