The request for Polanski’s arrest. Trzaskowski not met … – Interia

A request for arrest of Roman Polanski did not meet the formal requirements, in conjunction with the American prosecutors will have to do it again – as deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Rafał Trzaskowski information about the request of the US government ws. Director who came to Warsaw for the opening MHPJ.

The head of the Presidential Chancellery Jacek Michalowski and director Roman Polanski during the ceremony inaugurating the opening of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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The General Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw received a request of the US government about the arrest of Roman Polanski learned of “Gazeta Wyborcza”. The director, who came to the capital for the opening of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews is 36 years prosecuted for rape of a minor. read more

Thursday’s “Gazeta Wyborcza” wrote that the Prosecutor General’s Office received a request of the US government to detain Roman Polanski, who for 36 years has been prosecuted for rape minor.

– comment so that American prosecutors is actually extremely determined, and is time-barred offense in Poland, so that here the request for extradition is certainly not lead to extradition (…). What else with such preventive detention, and here I am not a whiz on how this procedure works, and it would have to be clarified. By contrast, if the request came at all in English, did not meet the formal requirements, in conjunction with the American prosecutors will have to do it again. I would not expect extradition – said on TVN 24 Trzaskowski.

– According to the law so that we can grant extradition if the offense is also further investigated in Poland, and it is already in Poland is not prosecuted – said the Deputy Minister.

Asked about Polanski’s assessment of the invitation to the opening ceremony of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Trzaskowski said: “You could expect that this will lead to some awkwardness. By contrast, Roman Polanski put his enormous contribution when it comes to Polish culture, therefore, understand that you have here the problem of making a definite decision. “

A formal request of the American side in the BBC said the head of the SCC, the former Minister of Justice Krzysztof Kwiatkowski. – The procedure here is very clear, in this procedure involved the prosecution, the court, and finally, with the ultimate view, the Minister of Justice – he said.

– In this procedure, the court will evaluate whether to issue a Polish citizen. And now a very important piece of information: if the court determines that we should not spend it, the matter ends. But if even the judges that Polish citizen, Roman Polanski has Polish citizenship, should be released, and so the final decision is made by the Minister of Justice and is not bound by the opinion of the court – said Kwiatkowski.

In 1977. Polanski erected in USA several charges, including rape of a 13 year-old girl after upiciu her champagne and administration of the drug. The director admitted to sex with a minor, but maintained that it was held for her permission. When he was released from custody on bail, fearing years of imprisonment, he went to the United States.

Polanski (author of films such as “Knife in the Water”, “Rosemary’s Baby”, “Chinatown”, “The Pianist”, ” Writer spectrum “) currently lives in France with his wife, French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, and their children.

For fear of arrest, Polanski did not receive an Oscar Award for his direction of the film” The Pianist “in 2002.

The request for Polanski's arrest. Trzaskowski not met … – Interia