Malta’s Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar refused to answer any questions from Lovin Malta following the arrest of Yorgen Fenech.

Contacted by Lovin Malta, Cutajar repeatedly said that he “would not comment” when faced with several questions on the issue, including whether Fenech had been charged and whether anyone else had been arrested.

“I will not say anything at the moment,” Cutajar said.

Cutajar has courted criticism in the past over his perceived inaction with alleged crimes involving the highest officials in Malta’s government. A visit to a Fenkata while the Pilatus Bank chairman left his offices with a suspicious suitcase is yet to be forgotten.

Yesterday was no different, with people questioning his silence. However, with the case at a critical juncture with Fenech yet to be charged and the middleman’s testimony yet to be given, Cutajar will refuse to provide comments on the issue.

At 5:45 am on 20th November, AFM patrol boats intercepted Yorgen Fenech’s yacht leaving the Portomaso Marina, less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced that he recommended a pardon for the middleman in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

He has been named as the main suspect in the case.

Fenech is the owner of 17 Black, the Dubai-based company that was allegedly set up to transfer millions to the Panamanian companies owned by former energy minister Konrad Mizzi and the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Keith Schembri.

He is also the director of Electrogas, the firm which operates Malta’s new gas-fired power station. The power station was a critical electoral pledge in Labour’s campaign to take government in 2013 and was under Konrad Mizzi’s remit back when he was Energy Minister.

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