(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JAN 12 - Zbigniew Ziobro, a former Polish Justice Minister and prominent member of the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, has been granted political asylum in Hungary. He is accused of committing 26 crimes, including creating and leading a criminal organisation, while administering the Justice Fund, which is intended to assist crime victims. Ziobro personally announced the news on his social media accounts. "I have decided to accept the asylum granted to me by the Hungarian government due to political persecution in Poland," wrote the former Minister of Justice, who engineered the contentious justice reform that has sparked a long-running dispute with the EU. Ziobro thanked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and stated that he had chosen to "fight against political banditry and lawlessness" and oppose "a creeping dictatorship," claiming he had become "the target of the personal revenge of Donald Tusk and his accomplices." (ANSA).