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(IsraelNN.com) Knesset Member Shelly Yechimovich (Labor) Friday morning labeled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a "serial suspect" who must remove himself from office until police have completed investigations against him. Investigators Thursday received special permission from Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to interrogate Prime Minister Olmert under warning Friday morning, but they did not specify which ongoing probe is involved. Israeli media said there is evidence that points to suspicions that the Prime Minister pocketed bribes.

MK Yechimovich, serving her first term in the Knesset after having been a veteran radio journalist, told Voice of Israel government radio that Olmert is "up to his neck" in investigations. "He cannot head the government with all the investigations against him," she said. The MK described him as the most investigated leader in the world and added that the public does not trust him.