Czech officials register outrage at Sejm deputy's unlawful pursuit of killer

The Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic strongly protested yesterday against actions taken by Polish detective and Sejm deputy, Krzysztof Rutkowski who on Sunday, together with employees from his detective agency, entered the Piast hotel in Cieszyn in the Czech Republic and apprehended a man accused of murder. "International rules, agreements and the law of the Czech Republic have been violated," said spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic, Karel Boruvka. According to eye witnesses to the incident, Rutkowski with a couple of men, entered the hotel, which is situated a couple of hundred kilometers from the Polish-Czech border, on Sunday night in search of a man accused of killing a notary from the Polish town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz). When the Czech police arrived on the scene, the doors to the room had been broken down and the 23-year-old man had already been seized and handcuffed. Krzysztof Rutkowski walked the criminal to the Polish - Czech border and handed him over to the border guards. "We do not live in the Wild West to take justice into our own hands," said Boruvka. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A8) A.K.