The president of the hockey association, Tomáš Král, convened an executive committee on Wednesday, which is to express a secret ballot on whether he will continue in office. He announced this at Monday’s press conference. He comments more extensively on the information that under the previous regime he was a secret collaborator of military counterintelligence of the StB, when in the late 1980s during compulsory military service, among other things, he brought on his superior and named a soldier who maintained contacts with capitalist countries. This is also confirmed by the published documents of the Security Forces Archive. Sport.cz offers you the Royal Press Conference live in video transmission.
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TK with the President of Czech Hockey Tomáš Král
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According to the file, which was first quoted by the daily Sport, Král had 22 conspiratorial meetings in less than a year and passed on information from his superior’s privacy, painted a plan of his apartment, allowed the military counterintelligence to obtain his keys and install wiretaps.
“I categorically deny that I proceeded as falsely stated in the records. On the contrary. The person in question … I informed the interest of military counterintelligence (VKR) about it immediately, we agreed on how I would proceed in communication with VKR, and I never did anything to break the agreement and damage the person being examined, “The King said in a press release for the media last Wednesday.
The king admits that he was on the records of the StB. The categorical denies that he would refer anyone. He called a press conference on Monday
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“After the end of basic military service, my contacts with military counterintelligence ended, I never had anything to do with the civilian StB, and I unequivocally rejected the offers of cooperation that were made to me in this regard. The terms of archiving the volume also prove it, “said the 57-year-old lawyer Král, who has been at the head of Czech hockey for 13 years.
