PM Ramgoolam vows new surveillance law after mass spying scandal
"They spied on everyone," PM Ramgoolam told Parliament on Tuesday, describing the surveillance system allegedly built by the previous government at huge public expense. New legislation on national security and lawful interception is being drafted.
A criminal investigation is running. "There have been arrests, and others will follow," PM Ramgoolam said. Separately, PM Ramgoolam revealed that foreign direct investment hit a record Rs 48 billion in 2025, rebounding from Rs 33 billion the prior year.
Supreme Court orders 12 Mauritius firms to open their books for India
Essar Capital Holdings, registered in Mauritius, lost its appeal to block Indian investigators from seeing its financial records. The Supreme Court called the appeal "misconceived" and gave the firm until 1 June 2026 to hand over the documents.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation has been probing how ICICI Bank's former CEO allegedly directed loans toward companies that funnelled payments into her husband's business. Mauritius first received the request for legal cooperation in December 2019.
Court rejects Jugnauth's motion but calls witness secrecy "unacceptable"
The Pamplemousses tribunal rejected former PM Pravind Jugnauth's motion to learn the identities of witnesses he must not contact while on bail in the Rs 114 million money laundering case. The magistrate still called it "unacceptable" that he must guess who those witnesses are. His legal team said it was studying the ruling.
Nearly 8,000 disability pensions halted in two years: who checked the eligibility?
Who is actually checking before a pension gets stopped? That question is now front and centre in the National Assembly after it emerged that 7,969 disability pensions were halted over two years. A minister acknowledged the figures, but scrutiny of the welfare system is not letting up, following a series of parliamentary disclosures this week.
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Student held in Vacoas death probe – An 18-year-old student was detained over the death of William Villars, 20, found at Suroop Lane, Vacoas on Monday.
Lexus recruitment agency file sent to police – The Lexus Recruitment Agency file, linked to alleged irregular worker recruitment, has been handed to authorities.
Speaker blocks list of newly hired bin workers – The Speaker blocked publication of names of refuse collectors recently hired by the LGSC in constituency No 2.
Teen drug admissions hit a record – 173 teenage drug abuse admissions since January 2025, the highest adolescent substance figure on record.
Three men tie up 76-year-old at home – Three men broke into a home in Khoyratty, bound the 76-year-old woman living alone, and threatened her before fleeing.
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