HEALTH minister Chris Fearne said he would be ask-
ing the police commissioner to investigate who financed
and committed a frame-up against him, after media rev-
elations that Steward Healthcare hired a private intelli-
gence firm to accuse him of accepting a bribe.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Fearne said the
media reports amount to "irrefutable proof" that he
always stood his ministerial ground in the national
interest.
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MATTHEW
AGIUS
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NICOLE
MEILAK
nmeilak@mediatoday.com.mt
Chris Fearne
takes Steward
frame-up
allegations to
the police
Chris Fearne
Vitals corruption
case continues
as Chris Fearne,
Edward Scicluna
and 13 others
face fraud-related
charges
AUDITOR General Charles Deguara
has testified that his office's investiga-
tion into the hospitals concession to Vi-
tals Global Healthcare had established
that the tender was issued five months
after it had already been awarded to
VGH. Deguara told the court on Tues-
day that "the fact that there was a mem-
orandum of understanding before the
requests for proposals had even been
issued was not acceptable."
Magistrate Leonard Caruana heard
key testimonies as the compilation of
evidence against the former Deputy
Prime Minister, Chris Fearne, the for-
mer Finance Minister and incumbent
Central Bank Governor, Edward Sci-
cluna, and 13 others in relation to the
fraudulent hospitals concession con-
tinued on Tuesday.
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VITALS CORRUPTION CASE
VGH hospitals bid accepted
five months before tender
began - Auditor General
