Calls to lift French Polynesian leader's parliamentary immunity

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Updated August 25, 2009 07:06:26

The veteran French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse could face further questioning over the corruption affair involving the French Polynesian Post and Telecommunications Office. For the second time, investigators have asked the French Senate to temporarily lift his parliamentary immunity.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Thibault Marais, Editor-in-chief of Tahiti Presse

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