e-Bay cancels auction of bugging device found in SF offices
25/05/2005 - 12:23:04The online auction site e-Bay has cancelled the sale of a listening device found in Sinn Féin's headquarters in Belfast last year.
The device, believed to have been planted by British intelligence, was found last September hidden in a ceiling.
It had been up for auction on e-Bay and had attracted bids of up to $1,000 (€796).
However, the Internet auction firm withdrew the item from sale today, saying it had a policy against selling any form of listening device.
Sinn Féin has claimed the decision followed pressure from embarrassed British security agencies and said the device remains on sale on its own website.
