Former ministerial aide goes missing after being linked to PZU Zycie affair

An assistant to former Interior Minister Janusz Tomaszewski, Piotr Minkiewicz, has gone missing after being linked to the PZU Zycie affair. According to Rzeczpospolita reports Minkiewicz played a crucial role in organizing contracts worth over zl.23 million that PZU Zycie signed with PressNet. Minkiewicz's former wife and current business partner Malgorzata Radomska subsequently paid zl.200,000 to buy PressNet. then a prospering concern. As part of the deal she also received a luxury mansion, for which PressNet had earlier paid PZU Zycie zl.4 million. Two weeks ago PressNet president Pawel Ciach was arrested on charges of acting against the interests of the company. Minkiewicz disappeared immediately after police arrested Ciach. When asked about the whereabouts of his former assistant, Tomaszewski said he didn't know. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.K.