The Belgian prosecutor's office said on Tuesday that it has charged five people in connection with a bribery investigation in the European Parliament allegedly linked to China's Huawei. The five were detained last week.

Five people have been charged in an investigation into suspected corruption in the European Parliament involving Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, Belgian prosecutors said on Tuesday, adding that new raids were carried out.

The European Parliament on Friday banned lobbyists working for Huawei from its premises following the arrests of several people in a corruption probe linked to the Chinese company, in yet another scandal to rock the bloc's legislature.