Israel FM quiz for fifth time over graft suspicions

BEIT-UL-MOQADDAS (AFP) – Police on Thursday questioned Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman over graft suspicions for the fifth time since he took office at the start of April, a spokesman said.

Hardliner Lieberman was quizzed for than five hours by investigators from the fraud department, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP.

“He was warned that anything he says could be held against him and he answered the questions of the investigators who suspect him of corruption, fraud, money laundering, breach of trust and interfering with the running of the inquiry,” Rosenfeld said.

A source close to the inquiry said the questioning could be the last before possible charges are laid against the minister.

According to media reports, Lieberman, head of the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, received “very large sums of money from abroad” to finance his election campaign.

The funds were allegedly channeled through fictitious companies and various bank accounts.

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