Tomasz Szmydt – the case of a judge who asked for asylum in Belarus. National Prosecutor's Office – applications for prosecution

“The National Prosecutor's Office has just submitted an application to the disciplinary court of the Supreme Administrative Court to issue a resolution allowing Judge Tomasz Szmydt to be held criminally liable. The National Prosecutor's Office also requests authorization for detention and provisional arrest. Charge: espionage,” Bodnar wrote on social media.

Earlier on Wednesday, the National Prosecutor's Office announced that it had initiated proceedings related to Judge Szmydt's case, and Bodnar himself informed that an application to waive the judge's immunity was being prepared.

Judge Szmydt announced on Monday that he was asking the Belarusian authorities for asylum at a conference in Minsk. He also talked about “resignation from the position of judge of the Republic of Poland with immediate effect” He argued that resigning from his position was an expression of “a protest against the policy pursued by the Polish authorities towards Belarus and Russia.”

Also on Monday, the press spokesman of the Minister Coordinator of Special Services, Jacek Dobrzyński, announced that The Internal Security Agency initiated inspection activities in order to verify the scope of classified information to which Szmydt had access in connection with his function and conducted matters.

Judge Szmydt is one of the heroes of the hate scandal during the PiS government, which concerns the slander of judges opposed to the reforms of the United Right in the judiciary.

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Recently, the investigation into the scandal has gained momentum, and a three-person team has been appointed to conduct the investigation at the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Wrocław.

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