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WhatsApp surveillance: Ramgoolam denies buying Israeli equipment

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WhatsApp surveillance: Ramgoolam denies buying Israeli equipment

Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has rejected allegations that his government deployed Israeli equipment to intercept citizens’ WhatsApp communications. He was responding to a question from opposition leader Chetan Baboolall during the Parliament’s urgent questions session, Defimedia reports.

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