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Theuma discussed pardon with Fenech's business partner in preparation for arrest MATTHEW VELLA MELVIN Theuma, the middle- man in the assassination of Daph- ne Caruana Galizia turned State's evidence, discussed a prospective presidential pardon in return for his taped conversations, weeks before he was arrested. In conversations heard by sourc- es close to the police investigation, Theuma and Johann Cremona – a business partner of Yorgen Fenech, the man accused of mas- terminding the assassination – are heard mapping out Theuma's game-plan in the weeks before his arrest on a money laundering charge in November 2019. Not only do the taped conversa- tions reveal knowledge of the im- pending arrest by the economic crimes unit. TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 PETER AGIUS Malta needs sterner stuff to have its voice heard in the EU INTERVIEW MT2 maltatoday SUNDAY • 21 JUNE 2020 • ISSUE 1077 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY xxxx HAPPY DADDY A new generation of dads wants to get serious about parenting PAGE 12 mt survey €1.95 ABELA TAKES 8% HIT But Delia benefits little PGS 10-11 MALTATODAY SURVEY MATTHEW AGIUS THE police yesterday an- nounced they had been inves- tigating the Montenegro wind farm deal, now at the centre of corruption allegations, for some time. The statement follows a sto- ry by Reuters and the Times of Malta, in which Dubai-based company 17 Black was revealed to have made a previously un- disclosed profit of €4.6 million when Enemalta bought a wind farm in Montenegro. The wind farm was acquired by Enemal- ta in a lucrative deal for Yorgen Fenech during the tenure of for- mer minister Konrad Mizzi. Fenech is currently charged with masterminding the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was investigating the deal at the time of her death. "The Police had already start- ed investigating the issue in question in collaboration with Europol and with the assistance of other competent authorities. This prior to the media reports of the past hours." Montenegro wind farm investigated PAGE 3 Many highly-placed people in power knew of the impending arrest of Melvin Theuma by police, as well as that of Yorgen Fenech. But Theuma knew that he would use his tapes in return for a presidential pardon to reveal all about the people implicated in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia Arrests were open secret