Deputy Commissioner Manny Binyamin, head of the Israel Police major crimes unit, was briefly arrested after refusing to sign release conditions following an eight-hour interrogation by the Department for Internal Police Investigations. This marked his third questioning in an ongoing probe into alleged corruption-related offenses. Binyamin's lawyer claims he was pressured and even assaulted by an investigator during the process, and that the demand for release conditions was unwarranted, as Binyamin had been free without restrictions for ten days. After initially refusing to sign one condition, Binyamin was arrested but later conceded under threat of continued detention. Despite the incident, Binyamin is expected to return to work, with his attorney calling for external oversight of the investigation agency's conduct.
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