Updated at 12.53pm with PL reaction
Opposition leader Adrian Delia on Sunday challenged the police commissioner to come question him immediately about allegations that he laundered money linked to a Soho prostitution ring.
The Sunday Times of Malta has revealed that Dr Delia’s link to this prostitution ring features in an ongoing money-laundering investigation by the police.
The issue dates back to 2004, when a Barclays International account in Jersey held in Dr Delia’s name was reportedly used to process the payments of rents for London properties used for prostitution.
Addressing supporters in Gudja on Sunday morning, Dr Delia invited the police commissioner to ask him any questions he wanted, as he had nothing to hide.
“I was acting as a lawyer back then. I never broke the law. I never laundered money for myself or others”, Dr Delia said.
Turning his guns on the Labour government, Dr Delia said there was clear proof that the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Keith Schembri and Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi were involved in money-laundering.
He demanded that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat shoulder political responsibility for their actions.
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