Polish judge at heart of spy scandal loses immunity

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Polish judge at heart of spy scandal loses immunity
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What's different a year after the wildfires? | SaltWire #novascotia #firefighting #wildfires #newsWARSAW - A Polish judge with access to military secrets, who asked for asylum in Belarus, looked set to face espionage charges on Thursday, after a Polish court said it was lifting his immunity.

Justice Minister Adam Bodnar had earlier said that the removal of Szmydt's immunity would allow an arrest warrant and a note to Interpol to be issued, limiting his movements, but acknowledged that Polish services would not be able to arrest him in Belarus.

Meanwhile, lawmakers from Poland's pro-European coalition government and the previous nationalist Law and Justice administration traded blows over who was responsible for letting a man they believe to be a Belarusian agent become a high-ranking judge, without security services unmasking him. Former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said on social media platform X that the current government was"afraid of the facts" and that Szmydt had been promoted three times before PiS came to power.

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