Poland to investigate alleged use of Pegasus spyware by last government

Poland's Pegasus and Illegal Surveillance Committee will convene on Monday, amid allegations the previous government spied on political opponents.

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00:00 [explosion]

00:01 On Monday, the Pegasus and Illegal Surveillance Committee

00:05 will convene in Polish Parliament.

00:07 Opponents of the previous government

00:09 claim they were spied on.

00:10 One is Bartosz Kramek, who claims

00:13 he was illegally wiretapped due to his opposition activities.

00:17 [speaking polish]

00:20 [speaking polish]

00:36 Kramek was able to file a complaint.

00:41 His defence is Jacek Dubois, a lawyer who represents victims

00:45 of illegal wiretapping and surveillance.

00:47 [speaking polish]

01:15 [speaking polish]

01:18 The PIS party denies using spyware.

01:22 They say all of its special service activities

01:25 take place in a legal manner.

01:27 [speaking polish]

01:40 Prosecutor Iwa Werasek, herself a victim of wiretapping

01:44 and using Pegasus software, says the courts don't understand

01:48 how the spyware operates.

01:50 [speaking polish]

02:14 [speaking polish]

02:16 Citizen lab research has already found the first cases

02:20 of Pegasus spyware in Poland.

02:22 Ruling coalition politicians say they now

02:25 have access to the cases and that more revelations

02:28 are yet to come.

02:30 (whooshing)