Minister steps down over plagiarism

Justice Minister Tatana Mala stepped down after 13 days in the post following allegations that she plagiarized parts of her university thesis. Mala announced her resignation on Monday, maintaining that she is innocent, and the accusations of plagiarism leveled against her were just a campaign. Czech Radio reported last week that Mala’s thesis contained undeclared passages from another student’s published work and in one instance she even copied the original text along with two typing errors.