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)