A Polish court says a biography of former President Lech Walesa is slanderous and has fined the publisher and ordered it to apologize.
The Krakow court ruled Friday that allegations in the 2009 biography "Lech Walesa: The Idea and History" by Pawel Zyzak that Walesa served as a communist informant were slanderous. A 2000 special court already cleared Walesa of collaboration allegations.
The court says publisher Arcana must apologize to Walesa's daughter, who brought the suit, and pay a 5,000 zlotys ($1,800) fine to a charity.
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