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The fourth day of the trial in the case of the Blacks Case was a golf trip to the agenda of the Criminal Tribunal for Criminal Matters in Vienna. Former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, who was not accused in this matter, and the former lobbyist Walter Meischberger and former Telekom Austria board member Rudolf Fischer did so, as well as the real estate agent Ernst Karl Plech.
The reason for mentioning the trip to Spain was an expected construction of a golf course in Vienna, which Telekom Austria could have sponsored. To this end, in the spring of 2004, a golf professional was visited in San Sebastian, Spain, to find out what he could build in Vienna, Fischer said. A golf professional also traveled. And Fischer admitted: "We have also played golf."
Grasser, Meischberger, Fischer and Plech flew at their own expense with a regular airline that was transported by airplane to the detriment of Telekom Austria. If the invoice of EUR 11,940 was not made by Fischer to Telekom, but by Meischberger "ZehnVierzig" to Hochegger Valora, which he paid for telecom money. "Why?" Judge Marion Hohenecker wanted to know. That was "rather happened" and "maybe unhappy," Fischer said.
The terrorist attack as a reason for the private plane
The judge then insisted on explaining why a private plane was taken. Fischer explained that he came during a golf trip on a Friday afternoon to a terrorist attack in Madrid, after which Fischer wanted to return to the telecoms headquarters on Monday because he had the experience that, after the attacks, the telecommunication networks are particularly burdensome. That's why he asked Meischberger to use his contacts to organize a private plane. He did not agree with Telekom. However, the terrorist attack took place on March 11, 2004 – Thursday morning.
After his visit to Spain, judge Hohenecker paid the FPÖ party party "Neue Freie Zeitung" on Tuesday. Fischer said that then Minister Hubert Gorbach called for him and called for support from the FPÖ. About Meischberger was then sponsored sponsorship of "New Free Newspaper" and settled on Valora. He promised about 150,000 euros, Fischer said. "With the help of these sponsors, taking care of the political landscape was at the forefront," Fischer said. "For me, it was not a party donation without consideration, I saw it as an investment in the future."
The afternoon brought to light other sponsorship requests. So Fischer said that once a minister came to him with a request to sponsor a chicken distance championship. While Fischer pointed out that he had refused, Hohenecker's description of laughter, including tears laughing.
Fischer did not mean who the minister was. However, at the time, Kleine Zeitung said: "The long distance championship for chickens on the Längsee, three weight classes are approaching. Reichhold Transport Minister is honoring his honor." Moreover, on August 19, 2002, the newspaper reported that the host of the event, the local bakery club and everything was animal-friendly, certified by a veterinarian. The first three hens were spared by the fate of becoming Backhendl.
Carinthian poultry farmer Mathias Reichhold took up his post of transport minister in 2002, later was also chairman of the FPÖ for a short period of time. He resigned as transport minister about a year later.
At a glance
The Telecoms Valora case is part of the much more complex process of alleged corruption in Buwog's privatization and rental of tax authorities in the Linz Terminal. Today is Day 62 in this process, or Day 4 to the Telekom Valora Inserts.
(APA / Red.)
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