It was a individual who worked for years at the Ministry of Defence, and at the same time collaborated with abroad intelligence, sold Poland and betrayed it," said Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesperson for the Minister of peculiar Services Coordinator, about a long-time worker of the Ministry of Defence. Military Counterintelligence Service collected “very strong evidence” on this issue.
Jacek Dobrzyński, Minister of peculiar Services coordinator, reported at the conference that the detention was carried out at the workplace of the suspect, shortly after he appeared in the ministry. As stated earlier, the man was surprised. – It was made available to the military prosecutor. It will be the prosecutor who will decide what charges will be formally presented to him and whether preventive measures will be applied to the suspect," said Dobrzyński.
The media reports about activities for Russian services, but the spokesperson did not confirm these reports directly, although he stressed that Poland is an interesting field for Russia for intelligence activities. Jacek Dobrzyński besides added that the Military Counterintelligence Service gathered “very strong, incriminating evidence” on the detainee.
It is known that a man has worked in the Ministry of Defence since the 1990s. “He is simply a civilian worker, not a soldier,” stressed Dobrzyński. However, he pointed out that at this phase of the procedure no details of the scope of the retained obligations would be disclosed. A spokesperson for the Minister of peculiar Services Coordinator stressed that the MON worker had been observed by the SKW for any time and that the case could be developmental. – In the case of espionage, it can never be said that this is the end of the proceedings – he noted.
Jacek Dobrzyński besides referred to another already revealed counterintelligence activities of Polish services. He added that, in the past, citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine were primarily detained, and recently, Poles are increasingly curious in counterintelligence. – Poles are besides susceptible to betrayal of their homeland – he stressed.