TEL AVIV –
The former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert (71) is Tuesday from prison to a hospital. Olmert, who a punishment of two-year sentence for corruption, had, according to Israeli media complained about chest pain. A spokeswoman for the prison service just wanted to confirm that he for research to the hospital was transported.
Next Thursday should be a commission to decide on a request by Olmert for early release. He was the last time under pressure because the police him about the new allegations wanted to interrogate. Olmert works in the prison writing his memoirs and would with the help of his lawyer have tried a manuscript with very secret information to the outside to smuggle in without having to censor.
Due to the corruption scandal had Olmert in 2008 resignation.