Former postal service director charged with accepting zl. 20,000 bribe

Jacek T., former President of Poczta Polska (PP), was detained yesterday on allegations of accepting a zl. 20,000 bribe. The Warsaw prosecutor's office accused Jacek T. of taking the bribe from Michal W., who has also been detained, in exchange for the postal service's purchase of CDs of the children's musical group Arka Noego. The case surfaced accidentally during investigations of other possible criminal activities in PP. An investigation into financial irregularities at PP by the Lublin prosecutor's office has been underway since August 2001, the result of suspicions that the postal service's central management board was abusing its rights and acting against the interests of the company. Jacek T. is believed to have been supported by the Solidarity Election Action (AWS) party and was dismissed from his position after the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) came to power last year. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) P.J.