Police employee in The Hague suspected of selling police information
A 36-year-old police employee in The Hague is suspected of looking up data in the police system without permission and selling it to others.
A 36-year-old police employee in The Hague was arrested on Tuesday.
The The man is suspected of consulting the police system without authorisation.
He is also suspected of selling the police information to others.
On Friday he appeared before the examining magistrate (rechter-commissaris), who ruled that he stays in pre-trial detention for another fourteen days.
He is being held under restrictions and may only have contact with his lawyer.
Formally, he is suspected of several criminal offences: computer trespass (computervredebreuk), misconduct in public office (ambtsgeheim), corruption and forgery. These are suspicions only; he has not been convicted of anything.
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The examining magistrate is a judge at a Dutch district court (rechtbank) who supervises the criminal investigation before a case goes to trial. They rule on coercive measures against suspects, such as pre-trial detention (voorlopige hechtenis), and authorise certain investigative powers, for example phone tapping. Detention during the investigation is granted and extended by the rechter-commissaris for fixed periods, and the prosecution service and police must go to them for these decisions.