26 January 2012
Last updated at 19:36 ET
Mr Mas told police his employees were ordered to hide the silicone
The owner of a French breast implant maker that sparked a safety scare has been charged with “involuntary injury”, his lawyer says.
He said Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas, 72 – arrested in a manslaughter case – had been freed on bail of 100,000 euro ($130,000).
In 2010, France banned PIP implants made with the low-grade silicone, amid fears they could rupture and leak.
Up to 400,000 women in 65 countries are believed to have been given implants.
Mr Mas remained at his home in Six-Fours-les-Plages, in the South of France, while police searched it – as required by French law. He was later taken to the national police station in Marseilles.
‘Nothing to say’
His lawyer, Yves Haddad, told AFP news agency: “He is not well, he is tired and he is waiting for his doctor.”
Mr Mas has been under investigation since he revealed in a police interview last year that PIP ordered employees
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