A magistrate has urged the police to investigate claims that a former official in the Office of the Prime Minister, Neville Gafà, had attempted to bribe witnesses. Gafà worked in the OPM during the Joseph Muscat administration and also acted as the Maltese government's unofficial envoy to Libya, during which he brokered arrangements to minimise migrant arrivals. Gafà was removed when Robert Abela became prime minister. This was at a time when the Maltese government had been offering free treatment to casualties of the conflict. Deciding on both cases, Magistrate Victor Axiak dismissed Gafà’s claims, upholding the newspaper’s argument that the claims were true and constituted fair comment.

Source: Libya Today May 02, 2022 09:30 UTC