Romania indicts ultranationalist presidential candidate for fraud and attempted coup

George Simion, a former Romanian presidential candidate, has been detained on fraud charges and suspicion of orchestrating a violent coup.

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The allegations involve attempts to destabilize Bucharest and multiple ongoing criminal cases.

His party, AUR, denounces the move as 'political persecution' while the judiciary reopens the investigation.

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