a civil servant is suspected to have a variety of bicycles from the evidence room illegally sold, even to colleagues. The Minister of the interior Roland woeller (CDU) ahead of driving his “Salami tactics”, and with only narrow information, said the Left-the Deputy, Marco Böhme on Wednesday and accused the Ministry to have the Small requests in a timely manner answered. The Parliament gave to Protocol, that the deadlines were respected by the government. “The reply confirms me in my impression that the Minister was not informed in time about the corruption scandal, or if he knew about it, not seriously enough, has taken” said Böhme. Anyway, woeller have to weigh to long about it. The answers showed that the national police knew President since July, 2019 of the corruption investigation. The criminal investigation Department and the Ministry of the interior at the time had been informed. Woeller was specified to be until January 2020 on the allegations has been informed. In June, they were open to the public.
“If there are cases of corruption in the police, you must know a Minister of the interior, always of it. Otherwise, he did not his house in the grip“, was Böhme. For further information, had not been issued with reference to the ongoing investigation. “At least we know now that so far, no disciplinary measures were imposed.”
The interior Ministry clarified that disciplinary proceedings in the event of ongoing criminal proceedings and until its termination, no measures may be imposed. Even the accusation of a hesitant approach, the Ministry rejected. Woeller after the meeting of the interior Committee in the Parliament, on 25. June acknowledged that there were shortcomings in the flow of information within his house, and possible shortcomings and vulnerabilities in the System quickly and eliminate track. Ex-attorney-General Klaus Fleischmann conducting the Review as an External.
According to the Prosecutor General’s office Dresden three investigations against a total of 102 Accused be conducted. The proceedings against purchasers of bicycles also affects 45 officials and employees of the PD Leipzig, twelve officers of the riot police, two of the country’s criminal police office, an officer of the PD Dresden, as well as a verb with a civil servant status of employees of the Prosecutor’s office in Leipzig from the non-state legal service. “The investigations are primarily conducted for embezzlement, incitement to embezzlement and obstruction of justice charges in the office. In addition, it is examined to what extent, in individual cases, also a criminal liability for corruption offences into consideration“, said authorities spokeswoman Nicole Geisler. According to the Ministry of the interior, there are 19 disciplinary procedure.
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