Yorgen Fenech told police
Electrogas deal was corrupt
SAVIOUR BALZAN & MATTHEW VELLA
THE alleged mastermind behind the Daphne Caru-
ana Galizia assassination told police investigators in
November 2019 he could spill the beans over various
major corruption scandals in return for a pardon.
But Tumas magnate Yorgen Fenech was denied a
pardon by ministers of Joseph Muscat's Cabinet, de-
spite being alerted to allegations of corruption in sev-
eral major projects that would have rocked Labour's
hold on power.
Various witnesses in the stormy Cabinet meeting
that decided Fenech would not get a presidential par-
don told MaltaToday that Fenech had told investiga-
tors he was ready to reveal the names of other mas-
terminds in the murder of Caruana Galizia, as well as
details on graft and kickbacks linked to
major government deals.
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The Tumas magnate, Yorgen Fenech, stands accused in court of having masterminded the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
But his requests for a pardon were denied three times by the Cabinet, despite having told police he could reveal details of corruption in the
Electrogas deal
Fenech wanted a pardon to
spill beans on 'masterminds',
the Electrogas contract,
Montenegro, and a Hong
Kong transaction
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