KGHM throw out NIK inspectors declaring they are exceeding their authority

Polish copper concern Polska Miedz (KGHM) has refused to allow Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) inspectors into the company to examine corporate documents to analyze whether the Opening Report prepared by Leszek Miller's Ministers was consistent with truth. The Report argues that the previous government was politicizing and mismanaging state owned companies. The inspection is being conducted upon the order of the Parliamentary Treasury Commission, which received information from former managers of state owned companies questioning the honesty of the Report. KGHM refused to let in inspectors on the grounds that the range of the investigation was far too wide and, "Interfered with the analytical activity of the company". The deputy president of NIK Krzysztof Szwedowski said, "A company which we are examining cannot have the right to decide about what we look into. We will push for the KGHM president to be prosecuted and possibly face a jail sentence. We received reliable information about excessively high salaries in the company and we are also interested in its various investment activities". (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, B5) M.M.