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Thursday, February 08, 2001, updated at 19:55(GMT+8) | |||||||||||||
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Germany's Kohl May Face Fine, Instead of Criminal ChargesProsecutors intend to drop charges against former German chancellor Helmut Kohl for his involvement in a funding scandal, in exchange for the payment of a fine of 300,000 marks (US$143,000), German news agency DPA reported Thursday.The Justice Ministry of the North Rhine-Westphalia state said the decision was backed by state prosecutors in Cologne, who have been investigating Kohl for his failure to explain 2.1-million-mark undeclared donations to his Christian Democratic Party.
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