The municipality of Binz recently made serious allegations against the manager of a company responsible for the LNG terminal planned on Rügen. However, the public prosecutor’s office has now declined to investigate.
According to the Rostock public prosecutor’s office, after a complaint of money laundering, there was insufficient initial suspicion against the managing director of the company Deutsche Regas, which is responsible for the planned Rügen LNG terminal. The initiation of criminal investigations had been rejected, said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office on request. The “Ostsee-Zeitung” had previously reported.
The lawyer Reiner Geulen commissioned by the municipality of Binz had filed a complaint against the accusation of commercial money laundering. Deutsche Regas is to operate the planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mukran. The municipality of Binz has been fighting the project for months. According to their own statements, community representatives see the environment and tourism, which is important for the island, in danger.
Geulen was informed about the decision of the public prosecutor’s office, said the spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office. He can appeal against it.
A court hearing was scheduled for Thursday in Munich, which was about Geulen’s statements about Deutsche Regas. In July, he cast doubt on the reliability of the company in a press release. Deutsche Regas wants to obtain an omission of certain statements that the company describes as untrue.
Source: Stern
