Brazil court allows Lula questioning in Petrobras corruption case

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva looks on during a private meeting with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires, September 10, 2015. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court authorized the questioning by Federal Police of ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a witness in a broadening corruption case focussed on state-run oil company Petrobras , a spokesperson for the court said on Friday. (Reporting by Stephen Eisenhammer; Editing by Chris Reese)