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French ex-PM Villepin questioned in scam probe
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| Last Edited | La Fayette Sep 13, 2012 05:54am |
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| Author | REUTERS |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PARIS (Reuters) – Former French prime minister and one-time presidential hopeful Dominique de Villepin was taken into police custody on Tuesday for questioning by magistrates investigating a suspected financial scam involving a luxury hotel network.
Villepin, prime minister in 2005-2007 under then president Jacques Chirac, was questioned about his ties to a man suspected of financial fraud and was released after seven hours, a police spokesman said.
The 58-year-old, best known internationally for announcing Chirac’s refusal to join a war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in an impassioned speech at the United Nations in 2003, denied any wrongdoing in the affair that surfaced publicly last December. |
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