PM grilled over allegations that he made political appointments in the Business Authority.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert underwent his eleventh interrogation session by the National Fraud Unit on Friday morning, this time over allegations that he made political appointments in the Business Authority while serving as industry, trade and labor minister, police said.
The prime minister was questioned for two-and-a-half hours.
The allegations were a direct outcome of a report published by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss on August 28, 2006.
According to the findings, Olmert and ministry director- general Ra'anan Dinur appointed Lilach Nehemia to the newly created post of deputy director-general of the authority. Nehemia had been the aide of Olmert's close friend, former finance minister Avraham Hirchson, who is currently on trial on suspicion of stealing NIS 2.5 million from the National Workers' Federation. Nehemia, in turn, appointed three new project managers who were members of the Likud central committee.
Lindenstrauss wrote that the appointments were made improperly and without giving others a fair chance.
Yaakov Lappin and Dan Izenberg contributed to this report
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