10:35am (UK)
Sharon's Son Facing Indictment
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will not be prosecuted in a campaign financing case but his son is to be indicted, state radio reported today.
Omri Sharon, now an MP, is suspected of setting up a straw company to direct cash to his father’s election campaign. Sharon was later elected premier in 2001 and 2003.
Last year, Attorney General Meni Mazuz decided not to indict Ariel Sharon on charges of taking bribes from an Israeli businessman, overturning a recommendation from the state prosecutor’s office.
An investigation continues into a questionable loan paid to Sharon’s sons in connection with the 1999 campaign.
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