Special cooperations with Russia and Ukraine had to be negotiated, Kohl concluded. Beckstein testified in front of fact-finding committee for plutonium affair Bonn. The Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Mr. Beckstein, testified today in front of the fact-finding committee for the plutonium affair. Beckstein called the accusation nonsense that there had been a conspiracy between the BND and the LKA which had set up or provoked the nuclear affair. Three criminals had been convicted to prison sentences.
Fines are to be doubled Bonn.
Traffic offenders have to expect higher fines in the future. It was said that this draft had not undergone hearings in the cabinet yet. Reports by the newspaper Bild were denied, according to which objections to traffic citations could only be raised for fines of DM 800 or higher. A spokesman of the Ministry confirmed, however, that for relatively low fines no appeals to higher courts would be allowed, thereby rendering the decision of the district courts final for all sums up to DM 800. The Coalition intends to enable the judiciary to keep criminals caught red-handed in custody until their trial opens.