Wiadomość została wysłana.
The court decision to grant an arrest warrant for Marcin Romanowski followed a request from prosecutors after efforts by the Polish authorities failed to determine his whereabouts.
Romanowski is the highest-profile official to date targeted by an investigation into alleged criminality and cronyism under Poland’s previous nationalist-populist government.
Hungarian news website Telex reported on Thursday that during a closed-door speech on December 10, Orbán hinted he could grant Romanowski asylum.
Several independent sources reportedly confirmed Orbán’s remarks, which come amid strained relations between Hungary and Poland.
Bilateral ties have deteriorated after a right-wing Polish government which had close ties with Orbán, a nationalist, was ousted late last year and replaced by the administration of centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Romanowski was added to Poland’s wanted list last week in the wake of a court decision to place him in pre-trial detention.
Following the decision, police searched Romanowski’s known addresses but could not find him.
Romanowski faces charges including participation in an organized criminal group, rigging public funding competitions, and embezzling over 107 million zloty (€25 million). Polish prosecutors claim he directed staff to favor specific organizations in funding allocations and authorized grants to entities that failed to meet formal requirements.
In November, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree granting political asylum to another Polish ex-official, Tomasz Szmydt, a former judge accused of espionage in his home country.
