The North’s Justice Minister David Ford and Chief Constable Matt Baggott have been called on to state whether the RUC or the PSNI have used similar recording procedures as those used by an Garda Síochana.
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott.
The call comes from Sinn Fein Derry MLA Raymond McCartney, vice-chairperson of the Assembly Justice Committee, who said revelations an Garda Síochana carried out covert recordings of telephone conversations to and from Garda stations throughout the the Republic raised “serious concerns and many questions.”
Mr McCartney said: “The concerns obviously are about the human rights abuse that this practice represents but the question that must be answered by the Justice Minister and the Chief Constable is – was there a similar practice in operation here?”
Mr McCartney said he intended to raise the matter with the Minister through the Justice Committee.
He concluded: “My party colleagues on the Policing Board will similarly raise them with the Chief Constable.”
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