Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar is once again questioned under caution by police as part of a major corruption investigation into the Histadrut, Israel’s main labor federation, Hebrew outlets report.
The Likud minister was first interrogated last month by investigators in the police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit about his ties to the main suspect in the case, Ezra Gabay.
According to Haaretz, Zohar is suspected of receiving a bribe from Gabay, an insurance agent and veteran Likud activist.
Police suspect Gabay of exploiting his close connections to Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David and Likud party officials to procure jobs and hand out senior positions in government-owned corporations and local authorities, in exchange for securing insurance contracts with labor unions and municipalities and their workers.
Zohar’s lawyer, Tal Gabay, confirms the summons to several Hebrew outlets, saying that he arrived today at Lahav 443’s headquarters to complete his interrogation. “Minister Zohar reiterates that he is not related to the Histadrut affair in any way,” the lawyer tells Haaretz.
Police have not yet put out a statement announcing the summons.
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