Posted 1/10/2024, 11:58:00 AM
Polish Ex-Ministers Arrested in Presidential Palace After Controversial Sentences
- Polish police arrest two former government ministers inside presidential palace after court sentences them to jail
- Arrested men were pardoned in 2015 but court recently ruled pardon invalid; they and president still claim it is valid
- Arrests highlight political turmoil between ruling party and new EU-aligned coalition
- New PM suggests president helping men evade justice by harboring them in palace
- One arrested man goes on hunger strike in prison, calls himself "political prisoner"