Opposition deputy demands explanation of arrest of NIK inspector

Following last week's arrest of Jacek Kalas by the Internal Security Agency (ABW), the inspector working for the Supreme Board of Control (NIK) returned to work yesterday. "We have no reason to suspend or dismiss him," said NIK's spokeswoman Małgorzata Pomianowska. Last week the prosecutor accused Kalas of inciting two State Security (UOP) officers to reveal classified information. Kalas was also one of the inspectors who revealed the faking of data and loss of documents while Leszek Miller's government created its "Opening Report". The opposition claims that the arrest of Kalas was a revenge for publicizing the irregularities. "The action undertaken by the ABW was meant to improve its situation, but it had the opposite effect. Therefore I am waiting for a detailed explanation from the Agency," said Konstanty Miodowicz of the Civic Platform. According to Miodowicz, the Agency used too much force during the arrest. "It is hard not to connect it with the ongoing conflict between Miller's government and NIK," he added. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.