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VW suspends chief lobbyist over emission tests on monkeys

A hose for an emission test is fixed in the exhaust pipe of a Volkswagen Golf 2,0 litre diesel car: The German government strongly condemned revelations that three carmakers had tested the effects of diesel fumes on monkeys and humans. AFP PHOTO | THOMAS KIENZLE

By  AFP

Germany's scandal-hit auto giant Volkswagen on Tuesday suspended its chief lobbyist Thomas Steg as outrage mounted over monkey and human experiments to study the effects of diesel exhaust fumes.

CEO Matthias Mueller said VW had "taken first consequences" from the tests on monkeys and put on leave Steg, the general representative for external relations and government affairs, who had "taken full responsibility".

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