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From Ha'aretz
(Tel Aviv)
Dated Thursday February 5, 2003
Police: PM cooperated in questioning on Greek island affair
By Baruch Kra, Haaretz Correspondent
Police sources said Thursday that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had cooperated with officers who questioned him over his alleged role in the "Greek island" corruption affair.
The questioning, conducted Thursday by the International Investigations Unit, took place at the Prime Minister's official residence in Jerusalem and lasted two-and-a-half hours.
Investigators were expected to ask Sharon, among other things, whether he was aware of the multimillion shekel contract his son Gilad signed with contractor David Appel.
Police want to know what Sharon understood from a conversation with Appel, in which the Likud powerbroker and real estate tycoon told him that his son was going to earn a lot of money.
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