The Central Council of Jews in Germany is angry about the acquittal of Sucharit Bhakdi. The court ruled that the defendant's speeches during the Corona pandemic were not punishable.
The president of the Central Council, Josef Schuster, called the verdict outrageous and said: "The court legitimizes pure anti-Semitism here" The representative of the Prosecutor General's Office announced an appeal to the verdict. The judge said in his reasoning that it could not be completely ruled out that Bhak di meant only the Israeli government and not the people with his statements.