Polanski decision imminent

Swiss officials said they will decide soon whether to extradite Roman Polanski to the United States to face prosecution in a 1977 sex case.

Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said “it won’t be long” before a decision is announced on the extradition request.

The 76-year-old film director fled the US on February 1 1978, the day he was due to be formally sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, and has been under house arrest since his arrest at the Zurich film festival on September 26.