France, Sept. 10 -- The complaint includes Christian Tein, a leading figure in New Caledonia's pro-independence movement, and targets former prime minister Gabriel Attal and current Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, as well as Gerald Darmanin and Eric Dupond-Moretti.

It was filed with the petitions commission of France's Court of Justice of the Republic, or CJR, French investigative website Mediapart reported. The CJR is the only court that can try government ministers for acts carried out as part of their official duties.

The commission must now decide whether to pursue the complaint. Case against ministers

Attal was prime minister at the time of the arrests, while Darmanin, Dupond-Moretti and Lecornu were respectively interior minist...