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Lawyers for a former European Parliament vice president suspected of being at the centre of one of the European Union's biggest corruption scandals requested Thursday her release from prison with a police tracking device.
A Greek MEP, Eva Kaili, was ordered Thursday to stay in detention in Belgium over corruption allegations linked to Qatar that have rocked the European Parliament, prosecutors said.Kaili, 44, was one of four suspects arrested earlier this month. She protested her innocence and asked the custody hearing to grant her release under electronic surveillance.But the court ruled against her, ordering that she stay in detention for another month, the Belgium prosecutor's office said.Her lawyers can appeal the decision.
A Greek MEP, Eva Kaili, was ordered Thursday to stay in detention in Belgium over corruption allegations linked to Qatar that have rocked the European Parliament, prosecutors said.
BRUSSELS (AP) — A former European Parliament vice president suspected of being at the center of one of the European Union’s biggest corruption scandals is to be kept in prison for at least another month, Belgian prosecutors said Thursday. The prosecutors accuse Eva Kaili of corruption, membership
Eva Kaili has become the public face of the alleged corruption case