Jerusalem: Israeli police have questioned the
country's foreign minister over allegations he tried to
disrupt an investigation into his business dealings.
Police say fraud investigators spent two hours yesterday
questioning Avigdor Lieberman, who has been dogged by
corruption charges. The questioning focused on charges that a
former Israeli ambassador to Belarus tipped off Lieberman in
2008 that Israeli police had asked Belarus to help their
investigation.
Lieberman is suspected of laundering money through shell
companies before becoming foreign minister last year. He
denies any wrongdoing.
Police say they asked the ambassador to discretely give
Belarus authorities classified documents about the
investigation, but he passed some on to Lieberman.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 03, 2010, 00:18