skopje senior official macedonia secret police sentence 18 months prison destroy evidence could help identify behind wiretapping scandal bring previous government goran grujevski run secret police department conduct wiretapping operations find guilty destroy document period wiretapping take place await extradition arrest greece last month macedonia throw political turmoil 2015 opposition party accuse then-prime minister nikola gruevski counter-intelligence chief orchestrate wiretapping 20,000 people political crisis lead european union broke agreement party agree hold early elections set special prosecutor investigate wiretappings wednesday verdict first rule case special prosecutor open two years ago june macedonia special prosecutor file charge 94 people include former high government officials involvement possible crimes reveal surveillance scandal macedonia new government take may say would assist investigate bring justice perpetrators wiretapping scandal macedonian court sentence ex-secret police official 18 months prison