Agora asks for victim status in Rywingate proceedings

The Warsaw prosecutor's spokesman Zbigniew Jaskolski told the media that Agora, publisher of Gazeta Wyborcza involved in the Rywin case, asked the prosecutor to grant the company victim status in further proceedings. He went on to say that the final word on the issue would rest with prosecutor Anna Baranowska, who is in charge of the investigation. According to the law, a victim, or its proxy, has the right to take part in some of the prosecutor's undertakings. The victim may also file a protest against the ruling of the prosecutor, for instance in case of proceedings discontinuance. Yesterday, for the second time, the prosecutor questioned the president of Agora Wanda Rapaczynska as a witness. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A9) M.M.