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Police interrogation of culture minister in Histadrut corruption probe wraps up after 12 hours — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice complete their questioning of Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar after 12 hours, the Ynet news site reports.
Zohar was summoned for questioning for the second time this week by police investigators in the Lahav 433 major crimes unit over his ties to the main suspect in the affair, Ezra Gabay.
Gabay, an insurance agent and Likud activist, is suspected of operating a large bribery network by exploiting his connections to Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David and Likud party officials to procure jobs in exchange for securing insurance contracts with labor unions.
Charlie Summers contributed to this report.
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