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Police recommend indictment against premier Olmert
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-08 09:10 JERUSALEM -- Israeli police recommended on Sunday evening that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in two corruption cases.
Micky Rosenfeld, spokesman for Israeli police, told Xinhua that the police has recommended that the premier should be charged with bribery, the most severe charge he faced, fraud, breach of trust and a string of other charges. The decision was made after a five-hour meeting over the premier's probes on Sunday afternoon. Maj. Gen. Yohanan Danino, the head of the Israel Police's Investigations and Intelligence Division, held the meeting with the heads of the police teams investigating the premier to seek a final decision over whether to indict Olmert. According to a formal statement issued by the Israeli police on Sunday evening, the police recommended to indict Olmert over the Rishon tours and Morris Talansky cash affairs. But regarding another case over the Investment Center affair, police have yet to put forward a final recommendation because further investigation is required. The police are set to give their recommendations to the State Attorney's Office. Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz and State-Attorney Moshe Lador will review the case material before making a decision on whether to charge the prime minister. |
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