Court: Investigators were allowed to spy on journalists’ interviews in face mask scandal
NL TimesThe Public Prosecution Service was allowed to listen in on a confidential conversation that three journalists of De Correspondent had with Sywert van Lienden, Bernd Damme, and Camille van Gestel about their face mask case. Editor-in-Chief Rob Wijnberg from De Correspondent said it was a positive signal “that the court acknowledged that this was a violation” of the right journalists have to protect their sources. Wijnberg is pleased with the “rap on the knuckles” that the Public Prosecution Service is receiving, including the part of the judgment that stated the journalists should have been informed at an earlier date. “The court is giving its approval that the Public Prosecution Service has in fact used journalists to gather information from suspects,” said the association’s leader, Thomas Bruning.
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