Sven Huber, deputy chairman of Germany's largest police union, has resigned due to media reports alleging abuse and misconduct during his time in East German border troops in the late 1980s. A sworn statement claims Huber mistreated a man trying to escape by pushing a pistol into his mouth and kicking him, and also ordered soldiers to follow a shoot-to-kill policy against border crossers. The allegations include a specific incident where Huber demoted a soldier who failed to follow the order, calling him a traitor. Huber denies the accusations, saying he stepped down to avoid dragging the union into a legal fight.
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Sven Hüber, the deputy chairman of Germany's largest police union, has resigned amidst allegations of abuse and misconduct. He allegedly mistreated a man trying to escape from East Germany in the late 1980s by pushing a pistol into his mouth and kicking him in the face, according to a sworn statement from someone who worked with him at the time. The accusations also include giving soldiers shoot-to-kill orders against border-crossers, and demoting a post leader for not following this order. Hüber has denied the allegations as false and damaging, stating that he stepped down to avoid harming the police union.
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Sven Hüber, the deputy chairman of Germany's largest police union and a high-ranking government official with the Federal Police, has resigned after media reports brought up accusations of abuse and misconduct.
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While serving as an officer in the East German border troops in the late 1980s, Hüber allegedly mistreated a man trying to escape by pushing a pistol into his mouth and kicking him in the face, according to a sworn statement from someone who worked with him at the time.
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It further claims that he told soldiers to follow a shoot-to-kill order against people crossing the border, and when a post leader failed to shoot escapees, Hüber called him a traitor and publicly demoted him.
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Hüber denied the accusations as false and damaging, saying he stepped down so the legal fight does not hurt the union.
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