Coronavirus: Germans roast billionaire ‘sausage king’ as anger mounts over abattoir cluster

Clemens Toennies, known to Germans as a brash billionaire, is turning into a public villain after one of his meat-processing plants triggered the country’s biggest single coronavirus outbreak.Prosecutors and politicians are scrutinising his business model after more than 1,500 people – mainly poorly-paid contract workers from eastern Europe who live in cramped housing – tested positive, prompting authorities to close the plant.It’s the latest challenge for Toennies, 64, who has previously…

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