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Newspaper post maltatoday YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT today €1.40 A1 CHAP OR JUST AN A-HOLE? FOOTBALL FINANCE IS NO FUN 'Like Jesus, Gandhi, Che Guevara... I have a mission'. How Salvu Mallia took political life by storm Raphael Vassallo EU rom-com: the spurned lover strikes back lover strikes back today today SUNDAY • 15 JANUARY 2017 • ISSUE 897 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY "It's all Juncker's fault. Damn it, why doesn't he just stick to the script? The EU is the PN's lover, not Labour's" Employers face €1.4 million in penalties over disability quotas Whistleblower sent death threats to himself Police investigators to tell Attorney General that Libyan businessman who alleged medical visas graft by civil servant, sent mobile phone death threats to himself according to SIM data showing use of multiple mobile phones SAVIOUR BALZAN & MIRIAM DALLI A police investigation into text messages that allegedly threatened the safety of the family of a man posing as a whistleblower on corruption in the issuance of medical visas, has revealed it was Khaled Ben Nasan him- self who made the threats. The investigation was launched weeks af- ter an investigation into Ben Nasan's allega- tions that a civil servant, Neville Gafa, had withheld thousands of euros for medical emergency visas to Libyan nationals, which never materialised. Gafa denied the allega- tions. Ben Nasan then said he had received anon- ymous death threats. MaltaToday is informed that in its inves- tigations, which have been finalised, the police discovered that the threats were fab- ricated by Ben Nasan himself, using one of seven mobile phones he owns. The investigation was launched in Sep- tember 2016, when Ben Nasan filed police reports claiming that his children had been the target of threats. MIRIAM DALLI A total of €1,440,800 in fines have been issued to employers who failed to adhere to legislation requiring companies employing more than 20 workers to maintain a disabled em- ployee quota of at least 2%. MaltaToday is informed that in- voices were issued to non-conform- ing employers towards the end of November and reminders will be sent during February. Data provided by JobsPlus, the gov- ernment's employment agency, also show that several employers chose to pay "a contribution" – employers who fail to adhere to the legislation are requested to make an annual contribution, capped at €10,000 per employer, for every disabled person they should be employing. To date, JobsPlus collected €442,400. The data show that by October 2016, 2,764 persons with disability were in employment, compared to the 2,466 persons registered in De- cember 2015, registering an increase of 298 individuals. In total, 486 companies employing more than 20 employees are in con- formity with the law. However, 575 employers remain in breach of the law, and are facing over €1.4 million in fines. PAGE 2 16 17 MEDICAL VISAS INVESTIGATION 11 80% of Maltese footballers aren't paid on time, and 16% are asked to throw the game 24 25 PAGE 2