Paris - A French colonel suspected of leaking classified documents from the Kosovo peacekeeping force, Kfor, to the media has been arrested, relatives said yesterday.
Col Jean-Michel Mechain (46), who until five weeks ago was the senior legal adviser to the French forces in Kosovo, was arrested on Friday, the relatives said.
According to press reports, he was recalled from Kosovo to France under suspicion of leaking sensitive details about his mission to the press.