april4sky
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is
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I am well aware of the secrecy laws Prickle as we have talked about them many times here. The question is...are the PJ? Somebody needs to tell them as they don't seem to believe the secrecy laws apply to them.:waitasec:The Portuguese police judicial system
April, all criminal cases in Portugal - and elsewhere in much of Europe - are governed by the law of judicial secrecy.
This means that once a criminal investigation is under way, police cannot reveal anything about that investigation, including any details about potential suspects.
The PJ were very active early on in leaking to the press many of the untrue rumours damaging the McCanns. They later admitted and regretted that leaks had come from their own officers.
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A couple of articles.....
We DID leak stories to the press about Madeleine, top Portuguese cop confesses
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ews.html?in_article_id=488887&in_page_id=1811
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Madeleine McCann: Police cheif breaks silence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...-mostviewedbox
''The leaks to the press of some details that are supposed to be classified have been used as an easy way to manipulate and shape public opinion," says Francisco Louçã, leader of a Portuguese opposition party.