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Investigate OPM Source Behind False Fuel Smuggling Daphne Caruana Galizia Murder Claims, Gordon Debono Urges

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Gordon Debono is calling on police to identify the person within the Office of the Prime Minister who started false claims that Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered because of fuel smuggling.

Debono and his wife Yvette are currently charged with money laundering. Debono has long been linked to fuel smuggling along with Darren Debono (no relation). He has been in the news before, particularly after Malta’s courts gave the green light for a €2.8 million transfer between their offshore accounts.

Debono, who has pleaded not guilty, has now claimed his prosecution was premeditated by people with political connections. 

Reports that someone within OPM leaked false claims to the press soon after her assassination are nothing new, with Malta Today managing director Saviour Balzan expressly saying that then-OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri leaked the information.

The false claims were splashed over front pages, particularly on Malta Today and Times of Malta, which published the allegations.

“[The rumour was issued to] exonerate or keep under wraps the people who were truly responsible or those with an interest in this case,” Debono said.

The issue even made its way to the public inquiry into the assassination. However, the issue has never been properly looked into.

Schembri has long faced allegations of being involved in the murder itself, but several people have hinted at him at least playing part in trying to cover up the murder. 

Yorgen Fenech and his doctor Adrian Agius have both claimed that Schembri was involved in drafting a letter for Fenech while he was in custody that would have pinned the blame on then-minister Chris Cardona.

That letter also made reference to fuel smuggling.

Debono, through his lawyer Roberto Montalto, is demanding that a police investigation is opened. 

What do you think of the case?

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Julian is the former editor of Lovin Malta and has a particular interest in politics, the environment, social issues, and human interest stories.

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