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Danish government backs probe into spy chief scandal

FILE PHOTO: Head of Denmark's foreign intelligence unit Lars Findsen speaks during the Defense Intelligence Service's publication of the annual report 'Intelligence Risk Assessment' at Kastellet in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 19, 2017. Picture taken December 19, 2017. Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

Denmark's government backed on Friday opposition calls for an investigation into the case of a former spy chief accused of leaking state secrets.

In a book published this week and partly written in custody, ex-foreign intelligence unit head Lars Findsen said the government unfairly suspended him in 2020 for political motives.

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