Police to quiz Olmert again

Published July 9, 2008

JERUSALEM, July 8: Israeli police said on Tuesday they will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert again this week over a corruption scandal that has rocked his government and which could lead to early elections.

Anti-fraud squad officers will question Olmert on Friday for the third time over suspicions he had unlawfully taken cash-stuffed envelopes from US financier Morris Talansky before becoming premier in 2006, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said. The interview will be held at Olmert’s official residence in Jerusalem, he said.

The graft investigation led to a chorus of calls for Olmert’s resignation from the opposition.

—AFP

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