Police last week police raided the offices of Flosse’s political party and arrested his personal secretary, Melba Ortas.
Ortas was denied bail during a court appearance in Tahiti.
The head of the H-2 advertising group, Hubert Haddad, has also been arrested over allegations he used bribery to secure a lucrative advertising contract for French Polynesia’s phone book.
Thibault Marais from Tahiti Presse Online told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program about four other people have also been arrested by police.
Marais said investigations relating to this case have been going on for two or three years.
