A Labour MP has been suspended after posting online offensive comments about the Jewish community. Comments by the Naz Shah, the MP for Bradford West is now subject to a highly sensitive inquiry.
Police launched the investigation after getting several complaints. Officers have already sought the advice of prosecutors and are in the process of preparing a file ready to be handed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the coming days. West Yorkshire Police said an ‘investigation is ongoing’ and confirmed the MP is under suspicion.
Mrs Shah could be charged for inciting religious hatred, an offence punishable by up to seven years in prison. The investigation is being overseen by the West Yorkshire Protective Service team, responsible for many sensitive inquiries.
The Member of Parliament, 42, was suspended by Labour in April following widespread condemnation, for calling for the mass transportation of Israeli Jews to the US. The controversy was sparked after the discovery of Facebook posts she wrote in 2014. In a second post, she compared Israel’s policies to those of Nazi Germany. And in a third post, she called on her friends to back a poll criticising Israel.
This new revelation is most likely set to reignite the anti-Semitic row within the Labour. It comes as the party readmitted Mrs Shah ten weeks after suspending her for alleged anti-semitic comments.
