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Urgent: Former Brazilian President Lula left police office after questioning

Xinhua, March 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left the police office in Sao Paulo Friday morning after three hours of questioning.

Earlier in the day, federal police agents searched Lula's residence in Sao Paulo and brought the former president to the local police office for questioning, as part of Brazil's huge corruption probe code-named Operation Car Wash.

Brazilian prosecutor said that the current investigations are not conclusive enough to order prison for Lula. Endi