RTK journalist Sabrina Agius has asked the Commissioner of Police to investigate how copies of e-mail between her and Opposition leader Joseph Muscat were taken from her computer.

The request was made on Ms Agius's behalf by lawyers Emanuel Mallia and Arthur Azzopardi in terms of the criminal code on computer misuse.

The lawyers pointed out that Ms Agius and Dr Muscat had not given their e-mails to anybody else and did not know how copies had ended up in the hands of the PN media.

The correspondence, covering a period of almost 11 months, was revealed last week. Dr Muscat has already asked the Speaker to investigate the case, saying it representing hacking and spying and posed a threat to democracy.

Ms Agius was suspended by RTK when the e-mails were published.

Questioned about her request, Ms Agius told timesofmalta.com that the important thing at this point was that the investigation was carried out.

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