Police say no evidence of political motive behind theft

Police investigating a theft at the office of Czech MP Petr Wolf say there is no evidence that the crime was politically-motivated. But they stressed they were not ruling out any possibilities for the time being. An unknown perpetrator stole a laptop computer from the MP’s office on Thursday; Petr Wolf is currently abroad, but made headlines not long ago for his sudden departure form the opposition Social Democratic Party. The MP has claimed the party’s leader, Jiří Paroubek, had tried to intimidate him during this year’s presidential election, saying he had threatened to go public with alleged discrepancies in Wolf’s business dealings. Petr Wolf’s wife has expressed fear over the theft, saying there was a clear connection to politics.