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Investigations by the Hanover public prosecutor's office in connection with the sale of a clinic in the city of Lehrte.
After the investigations against the Berlin SPD top candidate Steffen Krach, the public prosecutor's office is now investigating other people. Ahmetovic's case is apparently about searches.
Adis Ahmetovic: The Bundestag has lifted the immunity of the SPD MP. Photo: Michael Brandt/dpa
Berlin. The Bundestag has lifted the immunity of Lower Saxony SPD MP Adis Ahmetovic. The German Press Agency learned from the Bundestag administration that it was about the approval of judicial searches.
As NDR reports, the investigations are related to those of the Hanover public prosecutor's office against the Berlin SPD top candidate Steffen Krach. Before his candidacy, he was President of the Hanover region in Lower Saxony. This involves the sale of a clinic in the city of Lehrte.
The ex-SPD parliamentary group leader in the Lower Saxony state parliament, Stefan Politze, who resigned from his position last week, is also being investigated.
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