In Brief Kluska blackmailer found; Andrzej Marek; ABW on CC Med

Police have found the man who probably rang Roman Kluska two years ago with a proposition of helping to "solve" his problem with the prosecutor. It seems that the blackmailer is Wiesław P. from Ciechanów, who has a criminal record for similar crimes. "I hope that the police have the right person, as it has been insinuated that the man who called us had something to do with state institutions," commented Kluska. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) ... The international organization Reporters Without Borders yesterday appealed to President Aleksander Kwaśniewski to pardon Andrzej Marek, a journalist from the town of Police, who exposed a corruption case and stood trial for slander. They explained that both the United Nations and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe call into question prison sentences for so-called press offenses. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) ... The Prosecutor's Office has confirmed the news revealed yesterday by Rzeczpospolita about the Internal Security Agency's investigation concerning the Swiss company CC Med and its representative Manfred Meixner's role in the irregularities in the Health Ministry while Marek Łapiński was Minister. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) A.F.