The man in suit and tie would offer you a cigarette at first, then announce he would kill you
František Turňa was born in 1963 in Brezno. He attended gymnasium in Bratislava. He was expelled from the Slovak University of Economics after first year, due to his political activism. He started to work in film studios at Koliba. In 1984 he started military service in the artillery division in Hranice na Moravě. In 1985, his brother illegally emigrated into the United States of America. In the same year, František was charged with criminal offence of revealing a state secret and transported into detention centre in Bory (close to Tachov). Later, he was relocated to the State Security (StB) Central at the Higher Military Court in Pilsen. He was kept in pre-trail detention for several months. At least, he was dismissed without charge. After being released, he returned to Bory, where he had to serve longer military service as a punishment. After completing the military service, he continued to work in Film Studios Koliba. StB confiscated his passport and he was followed by the secret police. After the Velvet Revolution, he became one of the first tradesmen/self-employed people in Czechoslovakia. He spent 5 years in the United States and in Australia. He currently lives in Slovakia.