Extraordinary parliamentary session to be held to look into wiretapping allegations

The Chamber of Deputies will hold an extraordinary session next week to discuss questions of alleged wiretapping of politicians and journalists - raised by Interior Minister Ivan Langer earlier this week. On Wednesday the interior minister suggested that some twenty senior officials and journalists could have been wiretapped under the past government in connection with the leak of a secret report by police unit head Jan Kubice. Mr Langer said that he received the information from journalistic circles. The opposition Social Democrats have expressed outrage over the allegations and demanded immediate proof.

Author: Jan Velinger