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A senior Labour councillor has been suspended from the party for sharing an anti-Semitic video featuring the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

It is understood assistant mayor for jobs and skills Mustafa Malik is being investigated by Labour officials for posting the 15 minute clip, entitled CNN, Goldman Sachs and the Zionist Matrix, on Facebook.

The footage shows David Duke, the former leader of the US racist and white supremacist organisation, speaking about how banking and the media are influenced by key Jewish people.

Councillor Malik described the video as "an eye opener" when he shared it in June 2016.

His post has recently been brought to light, leading to his suspension from Labour.

LeicestershireLive has contacted Coun Malik for comment.

A Labour Party spokeswoman told LeicestershireLive: "The Labour Party takes all complaints of anti-Semitism extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures and any appropriate action is taken.

“We cannot comment on individual complaints.”

Coun Malik is a trustee of the Islamic Centre in Conduit Street, Highfields, and a member of its management council.

City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said he had been advised to suspend Coun Malik from his assistant mayoral post while the investigation was carried out.

He said: “I don’t know too much about it and what he is supposed to have done. I am a bit puzzled by it.

“But there are now processes to go through and the party will carry out its investigation and come to its conclusions.”