Indian-origin former MP stands trial over porn

Berlin: An Indian-origin former German lawmaker will appear before a court today to face trial on charges of acquiring and possessing child pornography. 

 

Sebastian Edathy, an ex-candidate for a ministerial post in chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative social democrat coalition government, is accused of downloading child pornography videos on seven occasions in November, 2013 using his official laptop of the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament.