European Parliament names 5 lawmakers targeted in Huawei bribery scandal
Source: South China Morning Post
The European Parliament has named five of its lawmakers whom Belgian prosecutors have targeted in a bribery scandal investigation involving Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies.
Authorities have asked the parliament to waive the lawmakers’ immunity so that they can be investigated under the probe, which has been running for two months.
They are accused of accepting gifts from Huawei in exchange for lobbying for the firm’s interests in the parliament.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday named the lawmakers as Maltese Socialist MEP Daniel Attard, Bulgarian centrist lawmaker Nikola Minchev and three Italian members from the centre-right European People’s Party – Salvatore De Meo, Fulvio Martusciello and Giusi Princi.
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