Police in French Polynesia have searched the office of the leader of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party, Gaston Flosse, within the assembly complex.
The French Polynesia parliament building Photo: RNZ
Media reports say this follows suspicion by the public prosecutor that four assembly staff have been seconded to work exclusively for the party.
It is alleged that US$360,000 of assembly funds have been misspent to employ the four last year after their high remuneration was questioned in the assembly.
The four include a former minister of Flosse's administration, Manolita Ly.
Flosse is barred from holding public office since 2014 because of a corruption conviction.
Last month, the office of the assembly president, Marcel Tuihanui, was searched as part of the same probe.