VALETTA — One of Malta’s wealthiest men, Yorgen Fenech, was charged in a Valletta court on Saturday with complicity to murder in the car bomb killing of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. The probe into the murder of Caruana Galizia, a campaigning journalist who investigated and exposed corruption, has spawned a political crisis for the government of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, who appeared to be close to resigning on Saturday. Fenech pleaded not guilty to the charge of complicity to murder and to other charges related to the case, which included membership of a criminal gang and conspiracy to cause an explosion. Official sources said Muscat was expected to make a statement announcing his resignation later in the evening or on Sunday. No official statement has been issued.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2019 15:00 UTC