PARIS - France's interior minister on Wednesday confirmed two security officers would be ensuring Nicolas Sarkozy's protection while he serves jail time in a criminal conspiracy...
case involving Libya. The former head of state would usually benefit from "a protection arrangement given his status and the threats against him", an arrangement that "has indeed been maintained in detention", Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told local media, confirming what sources had earlier told AFP. Two security officers are stationed in a neighbouring cell in La Sante prison in Paris, where Sarkozy was incarcerated on Tuesday, the sources said. The right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to acquire funding for the campaign that saw him elected from Moamer Kadhafi's Libya. He was handed a five-year prison term for criminal conspiracy. (Bssnews)