‘I feel intimidated’: entrepreneurs’ strike participant
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“The police told me that the sanitary officer can confiscate all funds on my account. Before my very eyes, a person probably suffered a heart attack, lost consciousness. I saw the policemen drag him somewhere. It was terrifying,” Agnieszka Cyfka was quoted as saying by the Polish news site, Money.pl. Poland’s interior ministry has emphasized that the strike was illegal.
Over 380 people were detained by police during a recent demonstration of entrepreneurs that took place in the capital Warsaw. The Metropolitan Police Headquarters confirmed that the tear gas and force were used against the demonstrators. The participants protested about their deteriorating situation resulting from the coronavirus epidemic and criticized the government’s “not sufficient” help.
Meanwhile, in a related incident, Jacek Bury, a senator of the largest opposition party, was among those detained. The politician claims that he was tripped and pushed into the police van, although he told them that he was a senator and showed his ID. Police say no violence was used and the senator entered the police car himself and refused to leave.
