Sweden to Investigate Former Klan Leader

[Judi Lynn]

Sweden to Investigate Former Klan Leader
By Associated Press

November 2, 2005, 12:45 AM EST

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- A Swedish prosecutor said Tuesday he has ordered police to investigate whether former Ku Kux Klan leader David Duke violated the country's racism laws in speeches to extreme-right groups.

Duke, a one-time Louisiana state representative, visited Sweden several times in 2004 and this year.

A Swedish man filed a police complaint saying Duke made racist remarks during a speech to neo-Nazis in southern Sweden in February.

A preliminary investigation was dropped because Duke lives in the United States, but chief prosecutor Sven-Erik Alhem said he had ordered police to reopen the case.

"If he has committed a crime, it would be wrong to let him go free," Alhem said.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-sweden-ex-klan-leader,0,7686585.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

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