Sakova: If we had role in Vietnamese abduction, it wasn't deliberate

If Slovakia was involved in the abduction of a Vietnamese citizen and the special government plane was used for this purpose, it wasn't done deliberately, Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) told TASR, adding that there are other options regarding how he could have left the country. Sakova said that if Slovakia were involved, then someone abused its hospitality. "If it's confirmed, then diplomatic measures will be taken. This has been declared by the prime minister," said Sakova. The abduction of Trinh Xuan Thanh, a former Vietnamese politician and ex-manager of a state-run company, from Berlin to Vietnam, took place in July 2018. The Vietnamese was seeking asylum in Germany, so he was officially protected by the German authorities. Therefore, Germany is investigating a possible infringement of international law by Vietnam, while at the same time looking into the possibility that the abduction was carried out by misusing the Slovak special plane.