Krauze charged for alleged ministry raid tipoff

The news comes as a major surprise as Krauze was known to have been abroad for several months, and failed to make an earlier meeting with the prosecutors. His arrival in Poland would have been a major media event, but the prosecutor's office kept his visit secret for six days and revealed it only under pressure from the press. "Mr. Krauze denied the allegations and exercised his right to refrain from testimony," said Katarzyna Szeska, the spokeswoman for the Warsaw prosecutors office. According to Szeska, Krauze spent Christmas at his Gdynia home and subsequently left abroad again.