By Tony Cross Rfi: Friday 13 January 2012
French police charged with investigating wrongdoing by their colleagues have been accused of bending the law themselves – charged with framing colleagues who were judged too close to the opposition Socialists.
Left-wing MPs were gunning for Interior Minister Claude Guéant on Wednesday and top Paris police official Michel Gaudin was questioned over the affair.
It has seen the Inspection générale des services (IGS), which investigates alleged criminality within the force by police officers, accused of faking interview transcripts, bugging telephones and framing colleagues.