Polish president pardons former head of anti-corruption agency


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  • Wednesday, 18 Nov 2015

Coordinator of secret service Mariusz Kaminski receives his nomination from Poland's President Andrzej Duda (L) during a government swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland November 16, 2015. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda has pardoned a former head of the country's anti-corruption agency who was found guilty of abuse of power, a gesture slammed by the opposition as politically motivated.

A Polish court sentenced Mariusz Kaminski in March to three years in jail for actions he took while head of the agency in 2007 to combat corruption. He had appealed against the verdict.

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