The Malta government turned down a request from one of the island's richest...
VALLETTA - The Malta government turned down a request from one of the island’s richest men on Friday for a pardon in return for his cooperation in the investigation into a journalist’s murder, after freeing a top official he was said to implicate.
After a cabinet meeting that ended shortly before 3:00 a.m., Muscat’s government decided to reject a request for immunity by Yorgen Fenech, a businessman who was arrested last week while trying to leave Malta on his yacht. Angry supporters of the family gathered outside the cabinet meeting in the early hours of the morning. As one minister was driven away, one of Caruana Galizia’s sons hurled fruit at his car and shouted obscenities.The investigation focuses on Fenech, a businessman whose empire included property, retail, hospitality, gambling and energy companies. He handed the business reins to his brother a day before attempting to leave Malta on his yacht.
In the murder case, Malta police announced on Thursday night that Schembri had been released and was no longer considered as a person of interest in the investigation. Matthew Caruana Galizia, one of the murdered journalist’s sons, said that a cover up was in the making and his family was being kept in the dark about developments in the case.
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