India, July 3 -- Hungary has formally revoked the refugee status it granted to fugitive former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, Polish officials said, marking a decisive turn in a monthslong diplomatic standoff that has strained relations between Warsaw and Budapest since the political asylum was first extended under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The decision follows a review launched by Hungary's Interior Ministry earlier this year into asylum grants made on political grounds under the previous Fidesz government, a process that officials said began in May and was aimed squarely at high-profile beneficiaries including Ziobro and his former deputy, Marcin Romanowski. Both men fled Hungary for the United States in May, shortl...