Cassola said that he reported a case of alleged attempted sexual harassment at LESA, which occurred last year.

According to the allegation, a Regional Enforcement Officer and Inspector gave a female officer a pill, took her to a nearby field, and tried to “have sex with her”.

However, she was able to resist and they did not manage to have sex or rape her.

Cassola went on to state that the “high echelons of LESA” knew about these allegations and ordered an inquiry which was kept “hush-hush”.

In the meantime, he alleged, the woman – who was on probation at the time of the claimed crime – was fired after being caught not wearing a seatbelt.

Cassola asked Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri for the conclusions to this inquiry who avoided Cassola’s questions and passed on the allegations to the police.

Moreover, after being contacted by Newsbook, the police revealed that it had received a request for an investigation from LESA. This request included a copy of internal proceedings undertaken by the agency.

The police subsequently spoke to the alleged victim who explained that she did not wish for the investigation to proceed and thus refused to provide further information about the case.

LESA also claimed that it acted immediately and even filed a report with the police despite the lack of information.

Cassola was also contacted following the release of his statement by the police who asked him to provide all the information he harbours about the case in question.

While commending LESA for proceeding with the necessary internal investigations and handing over the results to the police, Cassola suggested the management of the agency inform employees that the results of such investigations are transferred to the relevant authorities – without divulging any contents.

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