In corporatist "Amerika" you will not see Forty-four taking this action in response to the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Hungarian Prime Minister announced Monday the CEO of the MAL Zrt corporation was arrested. The company owns the alumina plant responsible for the spill of highly toxic red sludge that killed eight people. The reservoir dam burst on October 4th, but environmental officials say the reservoir is unstable and may collapse again. Emergency crews are racing to build a containment dyke around the damaged reservoir. MAL Zrt
according to Reuters is privately owned by some of the richest men in Hungary. The net worth of Chairman of the Board Lajos Tolnay is about $116.9 million. Co-owner and CEO Zoltan Bakonyi faces eleven years in prison if convicted of public endangerment and environmental damage charges. Prime Minister Orban said, "We have good reason to believe there were some who were aware of the weakened state of the reservoir wall and chose to do nothing. Accountability in a strict and fair manner, is in the public interest." The government also passed emergency legislation to take control of MAL Zrt.
