SPD lawmaker calls for Ferat Koçak to be removed from Left Party group

Dirk Wiese of the SPD says the Left Party should remove Ferat Koçak from its parliamentary group.

Koçak has faced criticism over contacts with people linked to criminal clans and a group described in the article as supporting terrorism.

He has admitted wrongdoing and left the Bundestag’s Interior Committee, but kept his seat in parliament.

The dispute matters as parties in Berlin discuss a possible coalition with rules on clan contacts.