Sobotka formally charged as source of Starachowice leak

The Kielce-based prosecutor has formally charged Zbigniew Sobotka, the former Deputy Interior Minister, concerning the leak of information about a planned police raid against members of the Starachowice local government. Following over nine hours of questioning, Sobotka left the prosecutors' building, announcing yet again he is innocent. The questioning will resume today. Sobotka was interviewed by two prosecutors. He was charged with revealing information concerning the raid to Henryk Długosz, and therefore his stands formally accused of having revealed confidential state information. According to the prosecutor, Henryk Długosz who received the information from Sobotka, passed it on to Andrzej Jagiełło, who made the call to Starachowice. When Sobotka voluntarily resigned from his own political immunity a couple of days ago, he claimed that he could not have informed about the raid as he knew nothing about it. Two different stories were told by Police Commander Antoni Kowalczyk, who first said he revealed no information to Sobotka, only to later testify that some information was disclosed. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) A.K.