Monday, January 2, 2012

Germany - president sparks anger over paper threat to publish story of private home loan deal

Published on Jan 2, 2012 by
http://www.euronews.net/ Germany's president is under fire for allegedly threatening journalists not to publish a damaging story about his private home loan deal.

According to the popular daily Bild, Christian Wulff said he was ready to "wage war" to prevent publication.

He is reported to have tried to contact its Editor in Chief Kai Diekmann and threatened legal action.

Wulff is also said to have telephoned the CEO of Springer publishing house to ask whether he could exert any influence.

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