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Several politicians in the Riksdag are now reacting to Aftonbladet’s article about the fortunes surrounding a Säpo employee who is connected to a top politician.
Both the Left Party and the Sweden Democrats plan to raise the issue in the Security Police’s transparency council.
“I really hope that there are no political motives for waiting to report until after the election”, says the chairman of the justice committee Richard Jomshof (SD) in a comment.
The Säpo employee who is connected to a top politician risks prosecution for having made suspected illegal hacks into the authority’s computer system on April 8, 2018.
The employer, the Security Police, did not report the incident to the special investigations department until 4.5 years later – three weeks after the election.
“Is strange”
Several politicians in the Riksdag’s justice committee are now reacting to the information.
“I think it is strange that they have waited so long to draw up a report. I really hope that there are no political motives for delaying registration until after the election,” says Richard Jomshof in a comment.
Even the Left Party’s legal policy spokesperson Gudrun Nordborg questions the long time span between suspected crime and the fact that the report was made.
– It’s generally nasty if you don’t act on irregularities from employers or whoever discovers it. It is important that we adhere to basic legal principles. Why should there be a delay in reporting a particular person’s infringement? For me it becomes very worrying, says Gudrun Nordborg.
“Should be investigated”
Her party colleague Lotta Johnsson Fornarve will take office as V’s member in Säpo’s politically appointed transparency council after the turn of the year, where she plans to raise the issue.
“I have not yet started my work on Säpo’s transparency council, but will take office shortly. If the questions that have appeared in the media are true, then it is a question that I believe should be properly investigated and that I will follow. ”, she states in an email comment.
The Sweden Democrats’ representative on Säpo’s transparency council will also act:
“I have intended to raise the issue,” states member of parliament and ex-police officer Katja Nyberg, who otherwise refers to Jomshof’s comment.