JERUSALEM, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Israeli police said Thursday they had concluded their questioning of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon regarding a Greek island funding corruption scandal.
The International Investigations Unit wrapped up the questioning at Sharon's official residence in Jerusalem on whether he was aware of the multimillion-dollar contract his son, Gilad, signed with contractor David Appel.
There is a possibility Sharon could be indicted for corruption, Ha'aretz reported.
The police want Sharon to explain recorded conversations between him and Appel about the proximity between Appel's promise of great wealth for Sharon's son and Sharon's efforts on Appel's behalf to get farmlands rezoned for residential purposes.
Sharon was also asked about his efforts on Appel's behalf in the so-called Greek island affair, in which Appel was trying to win the Greek government's permission for a huge resort on an empty island off the coast of Greece.
The newspaper said Sharon is suspected of helping to lobby the Greek government for that purpose, among other things, by granting his patronage to a meeting between the Greek deputy foreign minister and Appel's commercial representative in Greece.
