A Belgian court decided to extend former European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili’s pre-trial detention by 1 month, Greek media reported, writes aa.com.tr.

Kaili, a Greek Member of the European Parliament (MEP), is suspected of being at the center of one of the European Union’s biggest corruption scandals. She is suspected of having been paid by Qatar to lobby for the Gulf state’s interests.

Earlier, Kaili’s lawyer, Andre Rizopoulos, said her client is actively cooperating with the authorities conducting the investigation and rejects the corruption charges, according to public broadcaster ERT. Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, Kaili’s other lawyer, reiterated that she is innocent.

The broadcaster highlighted that her lawyers’ arguments are in line with Kaili’s previous testimonies in which she claimed she neither knew of nor participated in the acts for which her husband, Francesco Giorgi, is accused.