Volkswagen suspends executive over monkey trials
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) " Automaker Volkswagen has suspended its head of external relations and sustainability in response to controversy over experiments in which monkeys were exposed to diesel exhaust.The company said in a statement Tuesday that Thomas Steg was stepping away from his duties at his own request. Steg had said in an interview published in the Bild newspaper that he had known about the experiment but did not inform the company's then-CEO, Martin Winterkorn.The [...]
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