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Denmark spy chief charged with leaking state secrets

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 state prosecutor said on Friday it had charged the suspended chief of the country's foreign intelligence unit with leaking highly classified information, the latest twist in a security scandal.

Lars Findsen, who has previously denied any wrongdoing, was accused of passing state secrets to six people including two journalists over the course of 16-17 months, the prosecutor's office said.

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