Modrzejewski replaced by Wrobel as PKN president

Following his apprehension by the State Protection Office (UOP), PKN Orlen President Andrzej Modrzejewski was dismissed and replaced with Zbigniew Wrobel on Friday. Wrobel is a former vice-president of Pepsi Co. in Poland and friend of Treasury Minister Wieslaw Kaczmarek. Modrzejewski, who has not been arrested, was taken into questioning regarding disclosure of conf idential information about the National Investment Fund (NFI). He said he is glad that Wrobel and new Vice-President Slawomir Golonka are not politicians or secret service officers but professional businesspeople. However, M odrzejewski plans to file a complaint about the method of his apprehension. "[The UOP] complains about lack of funding, but they had five cars taking part in this, including two huge SUVs and 15 officers. And all of this to present charges to me in a case in which I have already been questioned twice." (Gazeta Wyborcza, Feb. 9-10, p. 1) T.J.