Poland arrests former justice minister in deepening political row

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The former Polish justice minister was arrested in a TV studio on Friday after an interview that was essentially being watched live by viewers. Zbigniew Ziobro had refused to appear in the Sejm for months at the Pegasus investigation committee meeting, which is why the committee finally initiated his pre-trial detention. The right-wing is protesting, calling it political persecution, and is making a martyr out of the former minister who transfor…

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Police escorted opposition MP Zbigniew Ziobro, a former justice minister, before a parliamentary investigation committee, which originally wanted to hear the politician as a witness, but ultimately initiated his 30-day arrest.

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The PiS politician has repeatedly refused to appear before the investigative committee in the Polish parliament. The issue is the use of the Pegasus spy software by the previous government.