Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom accused New Zealand police of selectively applying the law on Friday after they opted not to prosecute intelligence officials who illegally spied on him.
Police reviewed the actions of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) after it was revealed last year that the agency unlawfully spied on Dotcom before his arrest for alleged online piracy in January last year.
They said on Thursday that the investigation had found GCSB staff illegally intercepted an unspecified communication from Dotcom in breach of the Crimes Act.
However, police said they would not prosecute because they could not prove there was a deliberate intent by the intelligence officers to break the law.
Dotcom dismissed the argument and said he never intended for copyright material to be exchanged on his Megaupload file-sharing site but he was still facing charges of online piracy.
“One law for them, another for us,” he tweeted. “Where was my ‘criminal intent’ when some Megaupload users shared copyright infringing material?”
He said he was not surprised at the police’s refusal to prosecute.
