OTHER NEWS - Aug. 24, 1991

Poland’s Foreign Debt Agency Scandal Widens: Poland announced the second arrest in two days of an official who helped run the fund. Placed under temporary arrest was Janina Chim, the former deputy director of the Foreign Debt Servicing Fund. On Thursday, officials announced the arrest of the fund’s ex-director, Grzegorz Zemka, on charges of mismanagement and causing losses to the Treasury. The financial scandal surfaced last month when Polish officials acknowledged they were unable to trace $76 million that the government placed in the fund. Also, Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki dismissed Deputy Finance Minister Janusz Sawicki. No reason for his dismissal was given.