涉嫌收受卡扎菲的政治獻金 法前總統薩科齊遭羈押

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding in 2007 from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, local media reported.

據法國當地媒體報道，法國前總統尼古拉·薩科齊涉嫌收受利比亞前領導人穆阿邁爾·卡扎菲提供的政治獻金用於2007年總統競選，目前已被拘留傳訊。

The investigation is potentially France's most explosive political financing scandal in decades.

此次調查可能是法國幾十年來最具爆炸性的政治融資醜聞。

Sarkozy has repeatedly denied the allegations, dismissing the claims as "grotesque".

薩科齊本人一再否認這些指控，並認爲這些指控非常“荒唐”。

A French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine revealed that between 2006 and 2007 he delivered three suitcases containing 5 million euros in cash from Gaddafi to Sarkozy as well as to Claude Gueant, Sarkozy's former chief of staff and campaign director.

擁有法國與黎巴嫩雙重國籍的商人齊亞德·塔基丁透露，2006年至2007年他曾受託將來自卡扎菲的三個手提箱轉交給薩科齊及其前參謀長兼競選主任克勞德·蓋昂，手提箱中有500萬歐元現鈔。

Sarkozy had a complex relationship with Gaddafi. Soon after becoming the French president, he invited the Libyan leader to France for a state visit and welcomed him with high honours.

薩科齊與卡扎菲之間的關係很複雜。在成爲法國總統後不久，他曾邀請這位利比亞領導人到法國進行國事訪問，並給予了他很高規格的接待。

But Sarkozy then put France in the forefront of Nato-led airstrikes against Gaddafi's troops that helped rebel fighters topple his regime in 2011.

但在2011年由北約領導的針對卡扎菲軍隊的空襲中，薩科齊將法國置於先鋒的位置，並幫助反對派武裝推翻了卡扎菲政權。

The French Department of Justice is making further investigations.

據悉，法國司法部門已着手進一步調查。