Nečas: ABL a matter for the police rather than politicians

The Civic Democratic Party, which heads the government, has indicated it will not be meeting with Public Affairs to discuss a spying scandal around the ABL detective agency. Prime Minister and Civic Democratic chairman Petr Nečas told the Czech Press Agency that the matter should be handled by the police rather than politicians. The coalition has been shaken by allegations that the agency, owned until recently by Public Affairs’ Minister for Transport Vít Barta, was hired to spy on politicians in a district of Prague in 2006. At least two of the alleged targets of the surveillance have pressed charges with the police.