Finland former PM denies ‘Iraq-gate’ document leak

Finland’s former Prime Minister Anneli Jaatteenmaki stands in court with her lawyer Aarno Arvela ahead of the so-called Iraqgate leak trial.

Finland former PM denies ‘Iraq-gate’ document leak

FINLAND’S former Prime Minister Anneli Jaatteenmaki yesterday denied charges she encouraged an aide to leak documents she later used to win an election.

The former presidential aide, Martti Manninen, also in court in Helsinki, is accused of passing documents about Iraq to Jaatteenmaki ahead of parliamentary elections last year.

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