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Two Polish politicians from the right-wing populist Law and Justice party (PiS), who were convicted on charges of abuse of power, have landed in prison following their dramatic arrest at the presidential palace in Warsaw. Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik were last month sentenced to two years in prison by a Warsaw district court. The city’s police said late Tuesday that ex-ministers were now behind bars. The two men had refused to recognize the court’s decision. Earlier on Tuesday – when they had been due to begin their sentences and as police began enforcing a warrant for their arrest – righ…

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