The Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court accepts a police request to bar publication of all details related to the testimony of a suspect turned state’s witness arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the allegedly corrupt multi-million-dollar purchase of naval vessels from Germany.
On July 21, Miki Ganor, a former agent for the German submarine company ThyssenKryupp, signed a deal to become a state’s witness in what legal analysts described as major development in the corruption case that could lead to indictments of senior public officials.
Following the publication of details of Ganor’s testimony, the court rules to impose a gag order on further reports until September 17.
Miki Ganor, arrested in the submarine affair also known as ‘Case 3000,’ is brought for a court hearing at the Magistrate’s Court in Rishon Letzion, July 10, 2017. (Moti Kimchi/Pool)
“The gag order relates to all details from the investigation related to or included within the testimony of the state’s witness or to proceedings that took place before his signing of the deal to become state’s witness,” police say in a statement.
Yesterday it was reported that Ganor’s testimony includes claims that David Shimron, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cousin and personal attorney, was to receive 20 percent of his own commission of the $45 million deal.
Justice Einat Ron wrote on the gag order that the extensive reporting on the case “has the potential to seriously damage the ongoing investigation.”
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