The Knesset Finance Committee decided Monday to freeze former president Moshe Katsav's perks, until the High Court of Justice rules on petitions against the plea bargain he reached with the state prosecution.

The frozen funds, which total NIS 755,000, were to be used among other things for renting an office, as well as furniture, equipment, hiring advisors and secretaries, and financing Katsav's private apartment in Kiryat Malachi.

Katsav agreed to plead guilty to sexual harassment, forcible indecent assault and harassing a witness. In return, rape charges were struck from the indictment and he was told he would receive a suspended sentence.