French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe
Paris, (MILLAT ONLINE):Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody on Tuesday for
questioning over suspected Libyan financing of his 2007 election campaign, a source
close to the inquiry told AFP.
Sarkozy, 63, had until now refused to respond to a summons for questioning in
the case, which drew heightened scrutiny last November when a businessman admitted
delivering three cash-stuffed suitcases from the Libyan leader as contributions towards
the French leader’s first presidential bid.
Sarkozy’s detention was first reported by the Mediapart investigative news site
and French daily Le Monde and comes several weeks after a former associate,
Alexandre Djouhri, was arrested in London and later released on bail.