Koçak pauses public work Chats draw scrutiny

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Tagesschau reports the Left parliamentary group's announcement that Ferat Koçak is temporarily withdrawing from public appearances and suspending Interior Committee work. It says he faces pressure over chats with a Berlin clan member with a criminal record and a photograph with a suspected supporter of terrorism at Sunday's election-night party. The allegations and suspicion are not treated as Koçak's conviction or proof of the photographed person's guilt.

Reporting about Ferat Koçak's contacts with Firas Remmo, identified by AUF1 as Issa Remmo's son, adds pressure on Die Linke after Berlin's election. Tagesschau's September 22 account links chats with a convicted clan member and a separate election-party photograph to Koçak's temporary withdrawal from appearances and committee work. AUF1's September 23 account names Firas and argues that Koçak's contacts and crime-policy views were already known. It questions whether the timing of the coverage could protect Vonovia shareholders from Die Linke's expropriation plans, without establishing that motive. The reports do not establish criminal wrongdoing by Koçak or the precise date the chats became public.