WORLD : Disgraced Honecker Will Have to Quit Luxury Home by February
EAST BERLIN — Disgraced former East German leader Erich Honecker will have to leave his luxury home by February so that it can be turned into a center for the handicapped, a government spokesman said today.
Spokesman Wolfgang Meyer said the secluded country compound at Wandlitz, where Communist bosses used to live in luxury, will be turned into a 400-bed rehabilitation center.
Asked if the ailing Honecker, 77, and other former top Communist Party members now under house arrest will be evicted from the Wandlitz compound north of Berlin, Meyer said he assumed that “all will move out by February.”
Meyer told a news conference that the government is considering the creation of an “inquiry department” to examine allegations of fraud, corruption and abuse of office by former leaders. Honecker, who is reported to be very depressed, is among those accused and is expected to stand trial.
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