The Helsinki Police Department does not plan to investigate controversial remarks about immigrants made by Finns Party MP Teemu Keskisarja on Yle's talk show A-studio last month.
In a statement, the department said it received four complaints about the comments Keskisarja made on the programme.
Keskisarja's comments included claims that immigrants were turning Finland "into a developing country, a pigsty and a bloodbath". He also called incoming migrants "low quality" and said the controversial "great replacement" conspiracy theory was "a fact".
On Tuesday, lead investigator in the incident, Katariina Rinne said in the statement that there was no reason to suspect a crime had been committed.
Last week, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, which also received complaints about the incident, said it does not have jurisdiction in the matter.
Earlier this month, the Equality Ombudsman, Rainer Hiltunen, characterised Keskisarja's comments as racist. However, the Finns Party's chair, Riikka Purra has defended his remarks.
According to Rinne, the investigation involved examining the incident at a number of levels, including previous, similar cases. Rinne said that the context in which statements are made was key in determining whether the speech was criminal.
"In this case, the statements were presented on a current events discussion programme about immigration, in which representatives of different parliamentary parties were invited," Rinne said.
According to the investigator, the discussion panel's participants were very divided on the subject of immigration, noting that the topic raises strong opinions as well as emotions.
She added that discussing immigration as a social theme falls within the realm of freedom of political expression.
Rinne also noted that Keskisarja was a guest on the talk show, specifically invited as a member of parliament and a representative of the Finns Party, and not as a private individual or researcher.
