Possible abuse of office: Ex-BAT officials in court

The abuse of office trial against four former top officials of the now defunct Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism (BVT) and a high-ranking representative of the Federal Office for Aliens Law and Asylum (BFA) begins at the Vienna Regional Court on Friday. They are accused of having accommodated a general of the Syrian state security in Austria and procured asylum for him despite the lack of legal requirements.