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Polish court orders arrest of fugitive ex-Justice Minister Ziobro
- A Warsaw court ordered the arrest of former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, escalating a political clash with Poland's government.
- Ziobro has been in Hungary since late last year and was granted political asylum there in January.
- The arrest order deepens a confrontation between Prime Minister Donald Tusk's coalition and Ziobro’s PiS party.
- Ziobro faces investigations for alleged misuse of public funds and the deployment of Pegasus spyware against opponents.
- Ziobro says the investigation is a political vendetta and vows to fight, even from Budapest.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is Ziobro’s ally, with a looming April election in Hungary.
- A change of power in Budapest could affect Ziobro’s asylum status, according to the report.
- Poland previously granted asylum to Marcin Romanowski, a former Polish deputy justice minister.
- Prosecutors expect an European arrest warrant to be issued early next week.
- Ziobro has been stripped of parliamentary immunity in November.
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