Police detained for questioning Tuesday an Architect from the coastal city of Rishon Lezion on suspicion that he had bribed former coalition whip Likud MK David Bitan, Hebrew media reports said.

Bitan, who stepped down as coalition whip after it was revealed he was being investigated, but is still a Knesset member, is suspected of receiving hundreds of thousands of shekels in bribes, both while serving as deputy mayor of Rishon Lezion and later, as a member of parliament.

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