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Accused war criminal Charles Zantai faces extradition hearing
August 18, 2008
ACCUSED Nazi war criminal Charles Zentai assaulted a young Jewish man in Hungary in November 1944 so badly that he died, the Perth Magistrate's court has been told.
Zentai, now 86, was a member of the horse-drawn train division of the Hungarian royal army when he recognised Peter Balazs, who was from his home town of Budafot, near Budapest.
Commonwealth Prosecutor Michael Corboy today told the Perth court that Zentai and two accomplices took Mr Balazs to the army part of his military unit and assaulted the 18-year-old from three o'clock in the afternoon until the evening hours.
"He (had) recognised this person as someone who resided in (Budafot)," Mr Corboy told the court.
Mr Corboy said Mr Balazs had not been wearing the yellow star identifying him as a Jew.
It is alleged that Zentai and two others then attached the teenager's body to a ballast and threw it in the Danube River.
Zentai is attending a three-day hearing to decide whether he should be extradicted to Hungary to face war crime charges.
Commonwealth prosecutors and Zentai's lawyers will argue whether or not the court should recommend to the federal government that the case complies with the provisions of the Extradition Act.
It will then be up to the federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland to decide whether to surrender him to Hungary.
In April this year, Zentai lost a High Court challenge against the power of a state magistrate to rule on extradition matters.
The magistrate's court today heard that criminal proceedings against Zentai started in April 1948 when an arrest warrant was issued.
The Hungarian government began extraction proceedings in Australia in March 2005.
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre lists Zentai at No.7 on its list of the 10 most wanted suspected Nazi war criminals.
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These jews really are desperate if this man is number 7. Who else is on the list?