JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to be questioned by police for an hour Friday morning, his office said in a statement Thursday night.

    The statement closely follows a Channel 2 report that police has arranged a questioning on Friday morning at Olmert's residence in Jerusalem after receiving a special permit from Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to investigate the prime minister within 48 hours.

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) walks during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem May 1, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    "The prime minister intends to fully cooperate with law enforcement officials, as he has done in the past," said the statement. "He is convinced that as the truth will emerge in the framework of the police investigation, the suspicions against him will dissipate."

    Olmert received a request for the investigation Wednesday, the Prime Minister's Office said, without further specifying what the hastily-scheduled session is related to.

    The police has not made any public comment on this interrogation.

    Olmert, who was questioned twice by fraud investigators in October, is currently facing two criminal investigations and one preliminary police probe, all related to the time he was the minister of trade, labor, and commerce.