Former employees Katowice exhibition company say roof was already damaged

They said that in the winter of 2002 during the preparations for one of the fairs, the roof broke under a heavy cover of snow. "One of the spans broke. Additional spans were included to keep the construction in shape. A crew was called to weld the crack. I was there. I know that the roof was to be disassembled," said an informer. Another anonymous worker said that the roof was constantly leaking since the moment construction work was finished. One of the men reached Infrastructure Minister Jerzy Polaczek who put the man in contact with the Katowice prosecutor's office. "We want to immediately question the man," confirmed Janusz Kaczmarek, national prosecutor. Other reports of the prosecutor reveal that information from the owners of MTK concerning the clearing of snow from the roof of the exhibition hall were untrue. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A2) M.M.