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		</div><p>Poland&#8217;s justice minister is reviving an effort to have filmmaker Roman Polanski extradited to the US, where he is wanted in a nearly 40-year-old case.</p>
<p>Zbigniew Ziobro&#8217;s office said he asked Poland&#8217;s Supreme Court to annul a ruling in October by a court in Krakow that Polish law forbids Polanski&#8217;s extradition.</p>
<p>Mr Ziobro, who took office late last year as part of a new conservative government, argues that celebrity status is shielding Polanski in Poland.</p>
<p>Polanski, who has Polish and French citizenship, lives in Paris but often visits Poland.</p>
<p>The director pleaded guilty in 1977 to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot in Los Angeles. In a deal with the judge, he served 42 days in prison, but then fled the US.</p>
<p>The US has been seeking to bring Polanski back and put him before a court.</p>
<p>The Krakow court&#8217;s decision was at odds with a Polish-US extradition agreement, Mr Ziobro&#8217;s office argued in a statement. It said that, &#8220;according to the extradition agreement, the defendant should be handed over to the United States&#8221;.</p>
<p>Last year, the Krakow judge ruling on the case found that Polanski served his punishment in confinement in the US, and later for 10 months &#8211; partly under house arrest &#8211; in Switzerland in 2009-2010 when the US unsuccessfully sought his extradition there.</p>
<p>He argued that US judges and prosecutors in the case violated legal procedures, broke the plea bargain in 1977, denied Polanski the right to proper defence and appeared biased.</p>
<p>Polanski, 83, is popular in Poland and was planning to make a film there. He grew up and studied filmmaking in the country.</p>
<p>His movements are restricted by an Interpol warrant in effect in 188 countries, but he has avoided extradition by travelling only between France, Poland and Switzerland, which in 2011 rejected a US request to extradite Polanski.</p>
<p>Mr Ziobro&#8217;s move could now make Poland a risky destination for him.</p>
<p>Polanski won an Academy Award for best director for his 2002 film The Pianist, which he filmed in Warsaw and was nominated for his 1970s movies Chinatown and Tess.</p>
<p>Jan Olszewski, Polanski&#8217;s lawyer in Krakow, said he had contacted the director about Mr Ziobro&#8217;s decision, which they had been expecting.</p>
<p>He said: &#8220;The court&#8217;s verdict stands and Mr Polanski is a free man. But I cannot exclude that this situation will affect his decisions as to visiting Poland.&#8221;</p>
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