Jerusalem, Oct 30: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was questioned by police today in two corruption investigations, Israeli media reported. Sharon, the third sitting Prime Minister to be investigated by police, has denied wrongdoing.

One probe involves a USD 1.5 million loan from a South African businessman to Sharon's two sons, allegedly used to cover illegal contributions to his 1999 election campaign. In the second case, police are looking into a business deal between Sharon's younger son, Gilad, and businessman David Appel, who has ties to Sharon's Likud Party.

Appel allegedly paid Gilad Sharon hundreds of thousands of dollars to market a tourism project in Greece, media reported. Police are investigating whether Gilad Sharon was hired in an attempt to get his father, who was foreign minister at the time, to assist in getting the Greek authorities to approve the land deal, media reported. A district court recently overturned a police request for Gilad Sharon to handover documents. Bureau Report