Biya sets his spies on reporters

Paul Biya regularly orders spy chiefs to investigate, control and monitor  journalists, its was claimed  last week.

The president approves what can be see as illegal activities such as conversation tapping, following journalists movement, tracking them wherever they go, destruction of materials, setting fire and arbitrary arrest according to a revoked police officer.

Ebene, former commissioner who worked as a member of a selective team of domestic spy service in Cameroon from the CENER,( Centre National des Etudes et des Recherches...a french institution that train spies in Cameroon)  was revoked for gross misconduct by a presidential decree and now running for the presidency.

These are some of departments that the government use to monitor journalist activities and tract down leaders of the opposition movement as well.

DGRE, ( Direction General des Renseignements Exterieur , another French institution that not only train spies inside and abroad, monitor potential activists in Cameroon and abroad and they have unconstitutional right to kill when its necessary, members there have the obligation to inform the government of any activities conducted by some opposition leaders or their member`s activity's abroad, basically they work with Cameroon High Commission wherever they are in the world, 

DGSN,( Direction Generale a la Surete Nationale,) BRQ,  Bulletin du Renseignement Quotidien, another French machine that update the head of state and his assistant on daily basis on what is going on in the country regarding what would be considered as illegal activities or subversive, made the announcement while presenting his presidential candidature in Paris after being revoked by Paul Biya.

From his communication its appears that, the newly communication department at the presidency in Cameroon chaired by a formal political editor and presidential reporter Joseph Le, that the head of state has instructed the general secretary of the presidency to set up a unit dedicated to tracking journalists and their sources, it alleged.

Spies acting as journalists always work closely with journalists and police officers. Leading independent newspapers as Le Messager and his rival La Nouvelle Expression have been targeted and visited many times by government spies.

Mutations, a daily newspaper that officially is an independent newspaper but receive public funding through government adverts and others benefits  before the split that saw the birth of Le Jour has receiveded visits from spies during the night at the print..

In Cameroon as the media law does not permit journalist to sue  this kind of activities makes things very difficult for journalists. while in French for example Le Monde is preparing to sue the French government for wire-tapping a source.

Journalists who write critical articles against the government and Paul Biya are listed and known by spies and police officers. They can be invited at any police or military police office to respond to some interrogation and question about their articles and journalism work.

Most of the time without having their lawyer with them. The law is not working for journalists but against them in Cameroon and that would explain  why journalists always end-up in jails or prison without a fair trial. As the presidential election is looming, spies will now back on the streets to monitor closely journalist`s work....in a so called democratic state of cameroon?