Police to question Israeli PM Olmert over bank

Police will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tomorrow in connection with the privatisation of Israel's second-largest bank - one of two cases in which the Israeli leader is being investigated on suspicion of corruption.

Police said yesterday that Olmert would be questioned in his office.

The Prime Minister has been dogged by corruption allegations throughout his three-decade political career, but never has been convicted. He consistently has denied any wrongdoing.

Authorities suspect that when Olmert was Finance Minister in 2005, he tried to influence the sale of the government's controlling interest in Bank Leumi to favour two associates.