By KUNA,
Gaza : Israeli police will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert this week after obtaining evidence about his involvement in financial corruption cases, Israel Radio said on Saturday.
The radio said the interrogation of Olmert would be conducted before a scheduled testimony by the US millionaire businessman Morris Talansky, suspected of having secretly paid illegal money to Olmert in exchange for personal favors.
Police asked Olmert’s lawyer, on Friday, to set a date for interrogating his defendant as soon as possible.
The police had declared obtaining testimonies from Olmert’s former driver, Avi Sherman, about the payment of illegal funds to the premier.
Sherman told the Israeli anti-fraud police that he had carried money from Talansky and another tycoon, Daniel Abraham, to Olmert, when the latter served as the chairman of Jerusalem Municipality. Sherman said the money had been concealed in beverages cans.
Olmert has denied receiving bribes and talks of being paid “legitimate financial contributions for electoral campaigns.”