[July 03, 2009] Flosse secretary detained Tweet Jul 03, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- Former French Polynesias President secretary, has reportedly been sent to the Nuutania jail in Tahiti, reports Tahiti Presse. She had been previously held for two days and being questioned by a judge. This new development comes amid a fraud probe in French Polynesia's OPT (Office des Postes et Tlcommunications). Police his week raided the office of Gaston Flosse's Tahoeraa huiraatira party in Papeete. Tahiti Presse reported that staff members were prohibited from communicating with anyone during the search. Former OPT and Air Tahiti Nui CEO Geffry Salmon is also detained in the Nuutania jail for the same investigation. The chief executive of the French 2H advertising company, Hubert Haddad, has also been jailed in Tahiti over alleged corruption for almost two weeks. Haddad was arrested in Paris at the end of May and has been flown to French Polynesia. The investigation focuses on the links between Haddad's advertising company and the OPT phone book. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]