Chief Executive of Hungarian plant being questioned
Published:Tuesday | October 12, 2010 | 9:06 AM
The chief executive of the industrial plant at the centre of the toxic sludge spill in Hungary has been taken in for questioning by the police.
The arrest of Zoltan Bakonyi was announced by the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban.
Orban has also said that the company will be temporarily nationalised and that those responsible for the disaster should bear the financial consequences.
Eight people have so far died from the October 4 spill near Ajka in the west of the country.
At least 1500 people were also injured after up to 700,000 cubic metres of toxic by-product from the production of alumina burst from a storage reservoir.
The residue has reportedly contaminated the region's waterways.