Labour MP sues PBS, PN for libel

Shadow Justice Minister Anġlu Farrugia yesterday filed a libel suit against Public Broadcasting Services and the Nationalist Party's secretary general Joe Saliba claiming that a defamatory television clip was aired on TVM shortly before Xarabank on...

Shadow Justice Minister Anġlu Farrugia yesterday filed a libel suit against Public Broadcasting Services and the Nationalist Party's secretary general Joe Saliba claiming that a defamatory television clip was aired on TVM shortly before Xarabank on Friday.

Dr Farrugia claimed that the clip, a paid advert by the Nationalist Party, insinuated that he was involved in criminal activities that had occurred within the police force. The clip was broadcast at about 10 p.m.

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