Rémy Daillet, a figure in conspiratorial circles, was taken into custody on Tuesday, October 19 with his secretary for plans for coups d'état and violent actions, which he disputes.

The man is already being prosecuted in the investigation into the kidnapping of a girl in the spring in the Vosges.  

Suspected of having organized the kidnapping in April of little Mia and indicted in Nancy in this case, Rémy Daillet was extracted from his cell on Tuesday to be placed in police custody, sources told AFP on Thursday close to the file confirming information from the Parisian. 

"Coup d'etat projects"

This time, he is suspected of having considered "plans for coups d'état and other violent actions" including an attack on a Masonic lodge in eastern France, a source close to the case.  

Her secretary, Ginette M., aged 67, was also arrested Tuesday, in the Aude where she lives, and placed in police custody, the same source added. 

Both were questioned in the premises of the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI). 

Rémy Daillet, 54, is suspected of being "the brain" of a group planning violent actions, according to sources familiar with the matter. 

Since May, twelve people belonging to the ultra-right have been indicted for "criminal terrorist association" for plans for violent actions. 

Attack on a Masonic Lodge 

Among these suspects, some are suspected of belonging to the small group "Honor and Nation" which planned to attack a Masonic lodge in eastern France. 

The investigations of the anti-terrorism judges, entrusted to the DGSI, then turned to those close to Rémy Daillet. 

On October 8, four men aged 43 to 69, including two soldiers, living in the Hautes-Pyrénées, the Meuse and the Hauts-de-Seine in particular, were indicted.  

Convinced that "Emmanuel Macron is at the service of money and that we must put an end to big capital", these men had "the idea of ​​a coup d'état, of an overthrow of the French government", had told AFP a source close to the case. 

Vaccination, 5G, journalists 

"The political opponent Rémy Daillet has absolutely no connection neither with the small group 'Honor and nation' nor with the plans of attacks which one lends to its members of which it is not aware", reacted in a communicated his lawyer, Me Jean-Christophe Basson-Larbi.

"No objective element demonstrates its involvement" in the various projects, according to the lawyer. 

Among the targets of the accused included among others 5G antennas, vaccination centers, journalists and personalities, had detailed two sources close to the investigation. 

"The small group 'Honor and Nation' has no connection with 'La Nouvelle France', the political movement of Rémy Daillet which called for the 'peaceful and popular overthrow' of the French government and not for attacks or acts of neo-Nazi terrorism" , adds Me Basson-Larbi, who sees in this file "the will of the political power and the French services to permanently embellish" his client, a "political prisoner".  

Among the four suspects arrested in early October, two are also being prosecuted in the case of the kidnapping of little Mia.  

"Reversal"

In this investigation, entrusted to two investigating judges of the judicial court of Nancy, Rémy Daillet was indicted in mid-June for "complicity in the kidnapping of a minor of 15 years committed in an organized gang and criminal association in sight. to commit the crime of kidnapping a fifteen-year-old minor in an organized gang ". 

"Animator" of the anti-system "movement" in which the kidnappers of the girl were evolving, he "appears as the organizer of a movement called 'Le Renversement'" in which "he promotes the idea that it is necessary to to carry out actions aimed at restoring to their parents children who are nevertheless regularly placed ", had detailed the public prosecutor of Nancy, François Pérain.

Ten other people are being prosecuted in this investigation. 

Based in Malaysia, Rémy Daillet was unaware of "the existence of this movement and its activities, unrelated to its political organization," assures his lawyer. 

He was arrested at the end of May with his partner and their three children and then expelled by the Malaysian authorities because of their expired visas. 

With AFP

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