World IN BRIEF : GERMANY : Former Communist Official Sentenced
From Times Wire Reports
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, the trade chief for East Germany during the 1980s, was convicted of illegally importing Western weapons while in office and sentenced to a year probation. He immediately appealed the decision, arguing that Germany has no right to try him for his actions as an agent of what was then a separate nation. The case was one of the highest-profile trials of an East German official. Schalck faces four more indictments, including charges of tax evasion and fraud.
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