Phone tapping: Jugnauth summoned again in Mauritius
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Former Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has been summoned on 20 October to the Central Criminal Investigation Department to be questioned in an investigation into the purchase and alleged use of telephone-tapping equipment during his tenure. He has already been questioned twice in September and refused to answer questions, while police say they have informed him of the facts under investigation, Defimedia reports.
Former Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has been summoned again to Central Barracks on Tuesday 20 October in an investigation into the acquisition of telephone-tapping equipment during his tenure, Defimedia reports.
The Central Criminal Investigation Department (CCID), the Mauritian police unit responsible for criminal investigations, is looking into the procurement procedures and the alleged use by the Prime Minister’s Office of mass data interception and surveillance systems. Police consider the equipment illegal, according to Defimedia.
Jugnauth was questioned on 17 and 29 September, but refused to answer investigators’ questions. His new summons comes after police specified the facts under investigation to him on 30 September, as part of the investigation into the listening equipment.
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