Did the Prosecutor's Office Seek Journalists' Sources? Politicians Are Pressuring ŻUrek
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The prosecutor's office seized the phone of Mariusz Trojanowski, director of the hospital in Aleksandrów Kujawski, where the minor son of Senator Tomasz Lenz was being treated. According to Wirtualna Polska, they knew that "Trojanowski had been in contact with a Polish Army reporter and decided to check what they were talking about."
Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek announced on Wednesday that he and Dariusz Korneluk, head of the Prosecutor's Office, have taken steps to investigate whether the prosecutor's office, in conducting proceedings related to the procedure involving Senator Tomasz Lenz's son, described by Wirtualna Polska, violated civil rights and freedoms. Ombudsman Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram also intervened in the matter.
A furor has erupted following Wirtualna Polska's findings regarding the prosecutor's office's actions in the case of Civic Coalition senator Tomasz Lenz. Investigators have seized the phone of a hospital director who contacted a journalist describing irregularities at the facility. Politicians are demanding an explanation, and Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek has announced he will investigate the matter.
The prosecutor's office secured the phone of the director of the hospital in Aleksandrov Kujawski, trying to establish who gave the journalist information about the treatment of the son of Senator Tomasz Lenz. Wirtualna Polska questions the conduct of the proceedings and points out the risk of violating journalistic secrecy.
Wirtualna Polska refused to reveal its sources, citing press law.
The prosecutor seized the phone of the director of the Aleksandrów Kujawski facility, because phone records indicated he had been in contact with a Wirtualna Polska reporter. The case of Senator Lenz and the procedure...
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