Police scandal: Strobl is said to have revealed official secrets
Created: 05/04/2022, 02:02
Thomas Strobl (CDU), Interior Minister of Baden-Württemberg, speaks in the state parliament.
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As if the sex scandal involving a high-ranking police officer wasn't embarrassing enough: Now there's even trouble because the ministry passed on a letter from a lawyer to the press.
Outrageous, complains the opposition.
Stuttgart - In connection with the sex allegations against a high-ranking police officer, Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) has to answer questions in a closed special session of the Interior Committee on Wednesday (08.00).
Specifically, his ministry passed on an official letter from the police officer's lawyer to a newspaper.
The opposition accuses Strobl of passing on official secrets to the press.
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What is the case?
The public prosecutor's office has been investigating suspected sexual harassment against a leading police officer in Baden-Württemberg since November.
The man is said to have harassed a chief inspector in a video chat with his ideas about sexual practices.
Because the letter from a lawyer from the accused police officer to the Ministry of the Interior became public, the public prosecutor's office also became active in the matter.
The Ministry of the Interior then admitted that it had made the letter public "in coordination with the top management to a single journalist".
At the meeting of the interior committee, Strobl and the head of the State Criminal Police Office, Andreas Stenger, also want to provide information about the first details of the investigation into the police operation in Mannheim.
A 47-year-old man died after a police check on Monday.
He is said to have resisted the control and was overpowered by the officers.
He died later in hospital.
It is not yet clear what led to his death.
The public prosecutor's office initiated an investigation against the officers involved for bodily harm resulting in death in office.
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