Political refugee, former Polish deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski at his Budapest residence.
Officials from the National Investigation Bureau are currently searching the headquarters of the Center for Fundamental Rights (Alapjogokért Központ-AK), a conservative think tank, and their target is Polish politician Marcin Romanowski, who was granted political asylum by the Viktor Orbán government. FIDESZ described the action as politically motivated and stated that it had no legal basis.
The National Investigation Bureau (NNI) of the police is investigating alleged embezzlement in connection with an AK subsidiary financed by public funds. Based on a statement published on police.hu, the investigation concerns the employment of a former Polish deputy-justice minister who is currently wanted under a European arrest warrant issues by Donald Tusk’s left-wing government. Mr. Romanowski’s Polish-Hungarian institute has reportedly received a monthly payment of 3.5 million HUF (9,571 EUR) from the Hungarian thinktant. Investigators allege that the former Polish politician performed only “minimal work” for the company in comparison with his compensation.
On Tuesday, the NNI conducted investigations at several locations. It inspected the thinktank’s buildings in Budapest, its accounts, and the foreign official’s last known place of residence in Hungary.
Investigators seized documents, contracts, invoices, and payroll records; they also secured data from the company’s server and interviewed several witnesses.
They will then begin analyzing the seized documents and electronic data. According to the police, the goal of the investigation is to thoroughly clarify the circumstances of the case and—if a legal violation is found—to determine who is responsible for the alleged crime. For now, the investigation is focused on an unknown perpetrator, there is currently no named suspect.
Police. Photo: Police.hu
Marcin Romanowski has served as deputy minister of justice in the conservative Polish government led by the “Law and Justice” (PiS) party between 2019 and 2023.
After the 2023 parliamentary elections and the left-liberal Donald Tusk came to power, the Polish public prosecutor’s office initiated proceedings against Mr. Romanowski and his former boss, Justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, in connection with the use of funds from the “Justice Fund.” From the outset, the politician and his party described the proceedings as politically motivated and claimed that the Tusk government wanted to settle scores with him.
Later, a European arrest warrant was also issued against Romanowski.
The politician traveled to Hungary, where he was granted political asylum in December 2024. He subsequently became the director of the Hungarian-Polish Freedom Institute, founded by the Center for Fundamental Rights, and appeared at several public events in Hungary, including a panel discussion at CPAC Hungary 2025, where he spoke about having to leave Poland due to political persecution and thanked the Hungarian government for the protection it had granted him.
However, after the elections, Péter Magyar’s new left-wing government revoked Mr. Romanowski’s asylum in July.
No official information was subsequently provided regarding his whereabouts.
Meanwhile, the Center for Fundamental Rights has also responded to the events. In a statement published on its Facebook page, the center states that since its founding, it has conducted its activities in compliance with legal regulations, which has also been the case in its collaboration with foreign researchers.
We are proud that, through our comprehensive and active international and regional exchanges, we have been able to serve Hungary’s interests and will continue to do so,”
the statement reads. The center added that it is willing to cooperate with the authorities on all matters, as it is convinced that a proceeding conducted in accordance with the rule of law can only demonstrate that the legal requirements have been met in every respect.
FIDESZ described the police raid carried out on Wednesday at the AK offices as politically motivated and legally unfounded. Day by day, brick by brick, the TISZA government is building a neo-communist regime of arbitrary rule in Hungary. They have established a political police force modeled after the ÁVH (Hungary’s communist-era state security and secret police organization) and are subjecting the public prosecutor’s office and the police to increasingly strict political control. This is why, according to the party’s statement, an investigative agency subordinate to the political leadership carried out a police raid at the AK’s offices today. It pointed out that the case of the Polish political refugee, which was cited as a pretext for the raid, did not constitute a criminal offense; Marcin Romanowski had fled to Hungary to escape political persecution by the Tusk government, which, much like the TISZA Party, exercises arbitrary power in Poland, stated FIDESZ.
It emphasized that the AK is an important intellectual hub for the civic, national, and Christian political community. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the authorities—which are under the direct control of the TISZA Party—would take action against the center.
The authorities’ actions were purely politically motivated and had no legal basis,
the party wrote. The national government—carrying on the tradition of our ancestors—has granted refuge to political refugees from Poland, including Marcin Romanowski. The refugees received fair compensation for their honest work and for sharing their knowledge and experience.
The former Minister of Justice in the PiS government was also granted political asylum by the Viktor Orbán government. Zbigniew Ziobro is said to have since received a U.S. entry visa, as may Marcin Romanowski as well, although his current whereabouts are unknown.
Via police.hu, Magyar Nemzet; Featured photo: Hungary Today
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