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Newspaper post YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY www.mALTATODAY.COm.mT Muscat's next moves Nationalist MP among eight facing charges over Seabank worker's death JurgeN BalzaN OppOsitiOn Mp Francis Zam- mit Dimech is among eight peo- ple facing charges of involuntary homicide of a Latvian man who died during the construction of a hotel in Mellieha in 2012. the former tourism minister is among those charged with the involuntary death of the construc- tion worker, in his capacity as a former director of seabank Hotel and Catering Limited. in comments to Maltatoday, Zammit Dimech said that he on- ly got to know about the charges through the media and had not yet received a notice to appear in court. While saying that he would be "the last person on earth" to com- promise the investigations and legal procedures, Zammit Dimech said he has been charged in his capacity as a non-executive direc- tor. "i sat on the board of directors of a company which engaged a contractor on a design and build contract and unfortunately a man lost his life in tragic circumstanc- es during the construction. now the court must decide the level of responsibility of the people in- volved." Zammit Dimech has been charged alongside seabank Hotel owner silvio Debono, CEO Arthur Gauci, B&B Construction owner Angelo Bartolo, B&B Holdings and investments general manager Etienne Bartolo, structural engi- neer pierre Farrugia, architect PAGE 6 €1.40 maltatoday SUNDAY • 23 August 2015 • issue 824 • published every wednesdAy And sundAy '40 dying at sea is just another news item. What if 40 Maltese people died in a boat accident? It would be a national tragedy… CHRIS CATRAMBONE interviewed 15 14 Illness and inquiries, a Cabinet ripe for reshuffle again PG6 ANALYSIS Checkmate at Zonqor 12-13 Police listed Francis Zammit Dimech as 'Francis Zammit' in charge sheet • He was non-executive company director when 2012 hotel roof collapse killed Latvian worker Nationalist MP Francis Zammit Dimech was a director of Seabank Hotels and Catering Limited at the time of the 2012 accident Navies launch rescue of 3,000 migrants at sea Mat thew Vella itALy's coastguard yesterday coorinated the rescue of up to 3,000 migrants from the sea, just off Libya after receiving sOs calls from 18 different crowded vessels. At least seven boats – six italian and one norwegian vessel deployed as part of the EU's triton patrol mission – were involved in an operation to get the migrants safely off 14 rubber dinghies and four other vessels carrying an esti- mated total of between 2,000 and 3,000 people. Earlier on saturday, the nor- wegian military ship siem pi- lot, rescued 320 people before being diverted to the latest emergency. More than 104,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and south Asia have landed at italy's southern ports so far this year after being rescued in the Mediterranean. A further 135,000-plus have landed in Greece and more than 2,300 people have died at sea while trying to make it to Europe with the help of people smugglers. police in palermo, on the ital- ian island of sicily, announced on saturday that they had ar- rested six Egyptian nationals on suspicion of people smug- gling following the rescue of a stricken boat on 19 August. testimony from the 432 mi- grants on board suggest the vessel had been packed with more than 10 times the number of people it was designed for, with many of the passengers, including a number of women and children, locked below decks. The Norwegian military ship Siem Pilot, rescued 320 people before being diverted to the latest emergency