Belgian federal prosecutors say they've arrested several people as part of a corruption probe linked to the European Parliament and Huawei.

Belgian police searched the Brussels headquarters of Chinese tech company Huawei and several other locations in a fresh corruption probe involving the European Parliament, with several arrests made in the case,

Belgian prosecutors said on Thursday several individuals had been arrested for questioning in connection with their alleged involvement in active corruption within the European Parliament. Read more at straitstimes.

Several people were on Thursday arrested in a nationwide sweep in Belgium as part of a corruption probe in which Chinese tech giant Huawei was reported to be suspected of having bribed lawmakers in the European parliament.

Belgian police on Thursday raided several addresses in the country as part of a probe into alleged corruption "under the guise of commercial lobbying", prosecutors said. At the heart of the alleged corruption is an ex-parliamentary assistant who was employed at the time as Huawei's EU public affairs director,

Belgian police have raided the offices of Huawei as part of a sprawling probe into alleged corruption involving members of the European parliament. An official briefed on the investigation told the Financial Times the Chinese technology company was the target of the probe initiated by Belgian intelligence services.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgian prosecutors said on Thursday they had detained several individuals over suspected bribery in the European Parliament allegedly for the benefit of China's Huawei. Belgian investigators carried out searches of 21 premises across Belgium and in Portugal on Thursday morning.