By AFP 09 December 2021 | 11:19 am Denmark’s security service PET said Thursday it had arrested four intelligence employees suspected of leaking confidential documents. Closed handcuffs, Security concept on wooden background PHOTO:Getty image Denmark’s security service PET said Thursday it had arrested four intelligence employees suspected of leaking confidential documents. The four, whose identities were not disclosed, are current and former employees of the security service PET and the military intelligence service FA, PET said in a statement. PET has not disclosed to whom the information was given, nor the nature of the documents. The four risk up to 12 years in prison if convicted of espionage. They “are accused, among other things, of violating Section 109(1) of the penal code by divulging, without authorisation, highly confidential information from the intelligence services,” PET said. The arrests were made on Wednesday, in collaboration with the police. Raids were also conducted at various undisclosed addresses. The investigation is still ongoing, PET said, refusing to disclose any further information. Latest NOW China warned Western nations on Thursday that they would “pay the price” for a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as a French minister said they would not be joining the US-backed effort. 12 mins ago Italian regulators hit Amazon with a 1.1-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) antitrust fine Thursday for allegedly abusing its dominance in the market, the latest action against US Big Tech in the EU. 24 mins ago European football’s governing body UEFA has confirmed that Tottenham’s Europa Conference League game with Rennes on Thursday is off after a coronavirus outbreak in the Spurs camp. 43 mins ago President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos described Chief Bisi Akande, a former interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, as a “perfect public officer,” and the type of person he could go into the jungle with. Speaking at the public presentation of My Participations, a memoir of Chief Bisi Akande, the President said… 57 mins ago Famous host Nick Cannon and wife Alyssa Scott are grieving the loss of their youngest child who died as a result of a brain tumour. He made his son’s death known on his show to his audience, saying “Over the weekend, I lost my youngest son to a condition called hydrocephalus that was pretty much…
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