French lawmakers plan to vote on a sweeping justice reform bill that includes a provision for allowing law enforcement agents to remotely tap into devices used by some criminal suspects
Police surveillance via a suspect’s phone and other connected devices could last for up to six months at a time, according to the bill. Certain professionals, including journalists, lawyers, and members of the parliament, would be exempt/ Photo: AP Archive
Left-wing parties generally oppose the surveillance provision, but Macron's centrist party can potentially rally the conservative Republican party in the lower house of the French Parliament to pass the bill on Tuesday.The proposed law plainly stipulates that the procedure can be executed “without the knowledge or consent of its owner or possessor” but is limited to suspects involved in terrorism, organised crime and other illegal activities punishable by five or more years in prison.
The justice minister proposed the high-tech hunt for suspects as an alternative to long-standing police surveillance practices, such as wiretapping a suspect’s vehicle and house, which he deemed no longer viable and increasingly dangerous for investigators.
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