Theft in Czech deputy's office not political - police

Ostrava- The Thursday burglary in the office of Czech deputy Petr Wolf, who recently left the opposition Social Democrats (CSSD), seems to be a normal case of theft rather than a politically motivated crime, local police officer Radovan Vojta said. Unknown perpetrators stole his notebook. "However, we are working on all versions. But now we consider it a normal theft. A political motive is only among other alternatives," Vojta said. Wolf is currently abroad. Wolf's wife said that the case was clearly connected with politics and that she started being scared. Wolf left the party and its deputy group in June, citing what he called authoritarian methods of CSSD leader Jiri Paroubek. Wolf is the fourth deputy to have left the CSSD and its group of deputies, after Michal Pohanka, Milos Melcak and Evzen Snitily. At present, Wolf... [read full story]