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Israeli police arrived at President Moshe Katsav's residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning to question him over accusations that he sexually harassed two of his employees, local newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
At 8:30 Wednesday morning, the first police investigators arrived at the president's official residence.
According to the report, the president would be questioned over allegations of sexual harassment and having received money for granting pardons by the special team of investigators.
At least two former female employees had accused Katsav of harassment, police said. One of the women reportedly also alleged that Katsav received money for granting pardons.
Katsav had denied the allegations and claimed that one employee had attempted to blackmail him.
The police questioning was expected to begin at 10 a.m. local time, and might last for five hours, Israel Radio reported, adding that the Wednesday session was likely to be only the first of several.
The investigation team was composed of five investigators, and was being accompanied by representatives from the state prosecutor's office, the radio said.
One of the president's lawyers, Attorney Zion Amir, said on Tuesday evening that "the president has no plan to resign and he will fight using all the legal means in order to prove his innocence," adding that the president planed to fully cooperate with the investigators.
Police raided on Monday night Katsav's residence and his private office and confiscated his personal computer, his office computer, several other computers and numerous documents as part of the investigation.
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