Former Malta PM says he had no indication of journalist murder plot


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  • Saturday, 05 Dec 2020

Former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat leaves court after appearing at a public inquiry into the murder of a journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in Valletta, Malta December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mark Zammit Cordina

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Former Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told a board of inquiry on Friday that he had no prior indication of any plans for the 2017 murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

He confirmed, however, that he had been in a chat group with his chief of staff, Keith Schembri, and the suspected mastermind of the 2017 car bomb murder, top businessman Yorgen Fenech.

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