突发！刚刚，法国前总统萨科齐被抓！

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in police custody on Tuesday morning, where he was to be questioned as part of an investigation into suspected irregularities over his election campaign financing, an official in the French judiciary said.

路透社巴黎电 法国司法部一名官员表示，法国前总统尼古拉斯·萨科齐于周二早间被警方拘留，他因涉嫌竞选违规融资即将受到调查质问。

The probe related to alleged Libyan funding for Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign, Le Monde newspaper reported.

《世界报》报道，此次调查与利比亚资助萨科齐2007年竞选有关。

Mr Sarkozy failed in a bid to return to power in 2012.

2012年，萨科齐竞选连任总统失败。

Judicial sources said he was to be questioned in Nanterre, a suburb in western Paris.

司法消息透露，他将在巴黎西部郊区南泰尔接受审讯。

In 2013 France opened an investigation into allegations that his campaign had benefited from illicit funds from Gaddafi. Mr Sarkozy has denied wrongdoing.

2013年，法国对各类指控展开了调查——他的竞选得到了卡扎菲的非法资助。萨科齐否认此了此事。

A lawyer for Sarkozy could not be reached immediately for comment.

暂时无法联系到萨科齐的律师作出评论。