DHAKA: French police are investigating reports that the head of an agency that processes traffic violations used his department’s budget to pay almost 700 euros worth of his own fines.

Investigative website Mediapart on Monday claimed Jean-Jacques Debacq, the chief of the ANTAI agency that processes tickets issued by speed cameras, had amassed fines on his Peugeot 508 service vehicle that were paid for by his department between the end of 2010 and summer 2013.

Mediapart said the fines related to about a dozen traffic violations and alleged that Debacq also used his position to avoid losing points on his driver`s licence.

The interior ministry said it had launched an investigation but that Debacq was not yet facing disciplinary action.

‘The facts reported in the press are serious. We must shed every light on this matter and establish the truth,’ interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told media, reprots france24.com.

BDST: 1620 HRS, OCT 01, 2013
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