Poland’s ruling party under fire after suicide of opposition MP’s son

Mikolaj Filiks, 15, took his own life after state-run radio station helped identify him as victim of paedophile

Poland’s ruling Law & Justice party has come under fire over the death of an opposition MP’s 15-year-old son, who took his own life after a report by a state-run radio station led to his identification as the victim of a paedophile.

The Polish parliament, the Sejm, stood for a minute’s silence on Tuesday during the funeral of Mikolaj Filiks. His mother, Magdalena Filiks, an MP from Poland’s main opposition party, Civic Platform, said last week that he had died in February.