Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be questioned by police today at his residence here after county's Attorney General Menachem Mazuz issued a special permit allowing investigators to interrogate him within 48 hours.

The Prime Minister's Office confirmed the scheduled interrogation saying it is expected to last an hour.

"The Prime Minister intends to fully cooperate with law enforcement officials, as he has done in the past. He is convinced that as the truth will emerge in the framework of the police investigation, the suspicions against him will dissipate," the PMO said.

It, however, did not specify as to which of the pending investigations against Olmert prompted the interrogation.

Olmert is facing three different investigations related to the time he served as the Minister of Trade, Labour, and Commerce.

The investigations are related to unusual discounts he received in the purchase of a house, political appointments without following norms and intervening in a decision of the ministry to favour a good friend and former partner.

The Prime Minister was questioned twice during October 2007 by fraud investigators. The second interrogation on October 10 at his official residence lasted about four hours.

Source : PTI