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SAVIOUR BALZAN NEW emails seen by MaltaToday show that pardoned oil trader George Farrugia – who orches- trated a network of kickbacks to Enemalta state officials and other civil servants for the procurement of oil from Trafigura and Totsa – benefited from inside information on fuel stock data of competitors. Farrugia holds a presidential pardon granted to him in Febru- ary 2013 to reveal how he bribed people like MOBC chief Frank Sammut and former Enemalta chairman Tancred Tabone, for the procurement of oil from Trafigura and Totsa to Enemalta. Emails recently published by MaltaToday, show that the corrupt oil trader – formerly a member of family firm John's Group before his ouster – also got Trafigura executives in London to send UK premiership football tickets to another civil servant, a former di- rector at the Malta Resources Au- thority, Godwin Sant, who was in charge of green-light fuel oil spec- ifications of all imports to Malta. Now, new emails show that an Enemalta senior manager in the petroleum division, Emanuel 'Leli' Mizzi, had repeatedly sent fuel stock data of competitors of oil gi- ants Totsa and Trafigura, to their representative in Malta, George Farrugia. The very important and vital intelligence would show how com- petitors of Totsa and Trafigura were trading and what stocks of fuel they had, placing Farrugia in a strategic advantage because he could foretell when stocks were about to finish. Win two Virtù Ferries tickets with our photo competition THIS WEEK • XV Newspaper post YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY • 1 FEBRUARY 2015 • ISSUE 795 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday €1.40 Voter apathy gives hunters vital push Farrugia had inside information on competitors' stocks - emails JAMES DEBONO THE electorate is equally split be- tween those who want to keep the derogation allowing hunting in spring and those who oppose its retention. This emerges from the first MaltaToday survey on the spring hunting referendum since the an- nouncement of its holding date in April, and the question needing to be answered. The survey, which has a sample of 600 respondents, was held be- tween Monday and Thursday. The survey shows the 'Yes' (al- lowing spring hunting) camp lead- ing by a percentage point, an ad- vantage which falls squarely within the survey's four-point margin of error, which effectively means that either side may actually be enjoy- ing a slight advantage. The latest result contradicts pre- vious surveys showing a substan- tial lead by the anti spring hunting camp. Opposition to the spring hunting derogation has declined sharply from 60% in July, 2013 to just 38% now. On the other hand support for retaining the derogation per- mitting spring hunting has risen from 28% to 40%. This suggests that although a strong majority opposes spring hunting in principle, political con- siderations and apathy among 'no' voters have given a boost to the 'yes' lobby. FULL SURVEY PAGES 14-15 Hunting lobby's referendum tactic is to disengage from media, refuse to give interviews and comments • pg 3 mt survey CONTINUES PAGE 10-11 FREE WITH MALTATODAY MAGAZINE MAGAZINE VIDA YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY FREE WITH MALTATODAY February 2015- Issue 62 www.vida.com.mt Bali's underrated sister - Lombok YOUNG, TALENTED AND LOCAL Maltese designers, Maltese models, Maltese fashion The truth behind detoxing €1.40 Voter apathy gives hunters vital push 1.40 1.40 MAGAZINE 'GREECE VERSUS THE TROIKA' EU EXPERT RODERICK PACE • 12-13 File photo from a 2006 hunters' protest in Rabat in which demonstrators proudly show their quarry