ORBÁN: TARGETING ME THROUGH MY BROTHER

BUDAPEST, NOVEMBER 9 /SRNA/ – Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the new authorities had detained his brother Áron Orbán in order to get to him, and that he, not his brother, was the real target.

"Today the authorities are supposed to answer to the National Security Committee for their handling of the communist-era police archives. But instead of facing scrutiny, they are using political persecution as a distraction," Orbán wrote on X.

He said what was happening in Hungary was not accountability but a political witch hunt, and that the Hungarian authorities resorted to communist-era police tactics whenever they found themselves in an awkward position.

"The goal of this dirty political game is to eliminate opponents and create a one-party state. I am the real target. They are simply using my younger brother to get to me," Orbán wrote.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar had earlier announced that Hungarian media had reported Áron Orbán had been detained over alleged involvement in human trafficking.