Police chief given zl.500,000 apartment days before dismissal for corruption

It has been revealed that a senior police officer fired for taking a bribe was given a large apartment by the Warsaw Police Headquarters (KSP) just days before his dismissal. Marek W., who was police chief in the Bemowo district of Warsaw, was detained on July 5, 2001, on suspicion of taking a zl.40.000 bribe from car thieves. A month earlier he had been fired, as soon as the KSP learned about the accusations against him. Gazeta Wyborcza has learned that a few days before his dismissal the KSP gave Marek W. a luxury apartment with a market value of zl.500.000. The daily says it will prove very difficult to take back the apartment. The only realistic possibility is that it may be changed for a smaller one. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 5) P.J.