Lahav 433 head Asst.-Ch. Meni Benjamin named as police officer investigated for breach of trust
Earlier, Likud MK Tally Gotliv publicly revealed his identity, in defiance of a court-issued gag order.
Assistant-Chief Meni Benjamin, the head of the Israel Police’s Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit , is currently under investigation by the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigative Department (PID) on suspicion of breach of trust and abuse of power, Israeli media reported on Thursday.
Benjamin was detained for questioning on Wednesday night.
The move ignited a political firestorm after Likud MK Tally Gotliv publicly revealed his identity on Thursday, in defiance of a court-issued gag order.
Benjamin was detained for questioning on Wednesday night as part of an investigation by the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigative Department (PID) into alleged misuse of authority and breach of trust.
Reportedly, he was attending a seminar for senior police officers in Jerusalem when PID investigators approached him at the conclusion of the event and asked that he accompany them for questioning.
