Second Belgian sex party is broken up by police after Hungarian anti-LBGT MEP was caught at all-male orgy

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A sex party in Belgium has been broken up by police - days after a Hungarian anti-LGBT MEP was caught at an all-male orgy in Brussels. 

In the latest raid, a private party of ten people was interrupted by officers at a house in Paal, in the province of Limburg. 

All of the people at the sex party were fined €250 (£225) for breaking coronavirus regulations, according to Derniere Heure. 

'Scantily clad' men and women could be seen through the window, according to the publication. The people initially tried to ignore the doorbell when police first tried to enter the house. 

It comes just days after Hungarian MEP Jozsef Szajer resigned after he was caught climbing out of a window naked when police raided an illegal gay sex party in the rue des Pierres - in Brussels. 

The private party of ten people was raided by officers at 9.30pm at a house in Paal, Limburg. Pictured: Officers patrolling central Brussels 

Jozsef Szajer, who helped write Hungary's conservative constitution, allegedly tried to flee the 25-person orgy on Friday night by climbing through a window and shinning down a drainpipe. He reportedly hurt himself in the process and was caught by police, when he then tried to claim diplomatic immunity before being let off with a warning 

Szajer, who helped write Hungary's ultra-conservative constitution, allegedly tried to flee the 25-person orgy by climbing through a window and shinning down a drainpipe. 

He reportedly hurt himself in the process and was caught by police, when he then tried to claim diplomatic immunity before being let off with a warning. 

Belgian police detained about 20 people at the house party in a central Brussels apartment on Friday, two of whom invoked diplomatic immunity, according to a statement by Belgian prosecutors. 

Local press called it a 'sex party' in an apartment in a quarter of the historic centre known pre-lockdown for its gay bars. 

Szajer, 59, resigned last Sunday and initially gave no explanation – saying only that he was under 'mental strain'. 

But on Tuesday, as news of the orgy began to circulate, he admitted being at the party and apologised for breaking lockdown rules which forbid any gathering of more than four people in a closed space in the country.

He also admitted receiving a police caution and was found in possession of ecstasy, but denied using drugs at the party and said he offered to have an on-the-spot drug test taken, which police declined. 

The leader of Hungary's opposition Momentum party said the sex scandal showed the 'total moral failure' of Viktor Orban's socially conservative Fidesz, which portrays itself as a champion of Christian and family values. 

Brussels prosecutors said that 20 men were caught at a party in central Brussels on Friday and fined 250 euros each. Local press called it a 'sex party' in an apartment in a quarter of the historic centre known for its gay bars 

It comes at a sensitive time for Hungary's nationalist premier, who is in a bitter dispute with Brussels over rule-of-law criteria tied to the EU budget, and is tackling a worsening coronavirus pandemic and recession at home.

The strongman describes his anti-migrant, anti-LGBT stance as 'illiberal democracy', while his critics accuse him of cracking down on civil liberties and suppressing the independence of Hungary's press and judiciary. 

The Brussels prosecutor's office said a suspect identified by Szajer's birth year and initials was arrested after a passer-by reported seeing a man 'fleeing along the gutter' on Friday night. 

'The man's hands were bloody. It is possible that he may have been injured while fleeing,' the statement said. 'Narcotics were found in his backpack. The man was unable to produce any identity documents. A report was also drawn up for S.J. (1961) for violation of the narcotics legislation.'

But there will be no prosecution unless the European Parliament is persuaded to waive the MEP's immunity. 

'I was present,' Szajer admitted, in a statement distributed by his conservative political group the EPP. 'After the police asked for my identity – since I did not have ID on me – I declared that I was a MEP. The police continued the process and finally issued an official verbal warning and transported me home.' 

He added: 'I deeply regret violating the COVID restrictions, it was irresponsible on my part.' 

The Brussels prosecutor's office said a suspect identified by Szajer's birth year and initials was arrested after a passer-by reported seeing a man 'fleeing along the gutter' after climbing through a window on Friday night

After Orban came to power in 2010 Szajer was put in charge of drafting a new constitution, which he said he partly wrote on an Apple iPad on the train between Brussels and Strasbourg. The text sparked controversy, including a definition of 'the institution of marriage as between a man and a woman' as well as 'the basis of the family and national survival'

In a statement to the Hungarian press, Szajer said: 'A newspaper ran in the Belgian press today a story about a house party in Brussels on Friday that I was attending.  After the police asked for my identity – because I didn't have an ID card in my pocket – I declared that I was a Member of the European Parliament. 

'The police dealt with the case, gave me a verbal warning and brought me home. I didn't use drugs, I offered to the police on the spot to have an official test done, but they didn't. 

'Police said an ecstasy pill was found. It's not mine, I don't know who brought it or how. I made a statement to the police about this. I am sorry that I have violated the rules of assembly, it was irresponsible on my part, I will take the penalties for that.'  

Earlier reports had suggested that Szajer attempted to flee the party out of a window and escape down a drainpipe, but he hurt himself in the process and was caught. Belgian media reported that he had initially tried to claim diplomatic immunity.  

Viktor Orban: The Right-wing strongman who has reduced Hungary to authoritarianism by cracking down on press freedoms and restricting civil liberties 

Viktor Orban is Hungary's longest-serving premier, having ruled the eastern European country continuously since 2010

Orban was born in Székesfehérvár in May 1963, studying law before entering Hungarian politics in the wake of the 1989 Revolutions which swept through the former USSR at the end of the Cold War.

In the same year, he demanded the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary in a speech which shot him to national fame. As Hungary transitioned to democracy in 1990, Orban was elected to the country's National Assembly and served as the leader of Fidesz's parliamentary caucus until 1993. The party underwent a political shift under his leadership, away from its liberal and pro-European integration platform towards Right-wing nationalism.

Orban was appointed prime minister for the first time after the 1998 election. He was ejected from high office after losing the 2002 election to the Socialist Party, and became Leader of the Opposition for the period until his landslide election victory in 2010 — as the government fell out of favour with the public following the 2008 financial crisis.

Orban then formed a coalition with the Christian Democrats to gain a super-majority in the National Assembly, which he used to ram through major constitutional and legislative reforms. 

Orban's critics, who have included Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel, and Jean-Claude Juncker, have accused him of pursuing anti-democratic reforms, cracking down on press freedoms, reducing the independence of the judiciary and central bank, cronyism, and amending the constitution to prevent amendments to Fidesz-backed legislation. 

During the 2015 migrant crisis which rocked Europe, Orban ordered the erection of a Serbo-Hungarian barrier to block the entry of illegal migrants so that Hungary could register migrants arriving from Serbia. At the time, migrants were passing into Hungary from Serbia, which had a responsibility under the Dublin Regulation to register the migrants.

Orban has openly promoted the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, stating: 'If Europe is not going to be populated by Europeans in the future and we take this as given, then we are speaking about an exchange of populations, to replace the population of Europeans with others.' Writing about the EU's immigration policy, Orban said: 'Europe's response is madness. We must acknowledge that the European Union's misguided immigration policy is responsible for this situation'.

Orban's policy on migration was criticised by businessman George Soros, who said: 'His plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the refugees as an obstacle.' The Hungarian government began attacking Soros and his NGOs in 2017, particularly for his support for more open immigration. 

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hungarian parliament voted 137 to 53 to pass laws creating a state of emergency without a time limit, granting Orban the power to rule by decree and suspend the parliament with no elections. Under the state of emergency, Orban could also impose prison sentences for spreading 'fake news' and breaches of Covid-19 quarantine. The law granting the power to rule by decree was lifted on June 16.