Mafia boss testified Walesa aides accepted bribes for pardoning his buddy

The daily Trybuna reported yesterday that "Masa," a former Pruszkow mafia boss, testified that former President Lech Walesa's aides Lech Falandysz and Mieczyslaw Wachowski had each taken a $150,000 bribe for pardoning another mafia member "Slowik." Falandysz called the accusation absurd, saying that Justice Minister Lech Kaczynski is responsible for the leak. "I can prove that he purposely revealed the information about the pardoning," he added. Falandysz has threatened to sue Kaczynski for libel. Defending himself, Kaczynski commented, "I didn't give any materials to anybody." (Rzeczpospolita, p.A3)A.Z.