Updated: Dalli, Zammit questioned at length at police headquarters
Mr Zammit leaving the depot this evening. Video: Jason Borg
Former Health Commissioner John Dalli and businessman Silvio Zammit have been questioned at length at the police headquarters.
Mr Dalli was called for questioning at headquarters yesterday and was there up till this evening
Mr Zammit was also at headquarters overnight and he was seen being driven out early this evening.
Mr Dalli left some time later.
They are believed to have been questioned as part of local investigations which stemmed from a report by OLAF, the EU anti-fraud office.
OLAF had claimed that Mr Zammit sought a bribe from a Swedish tobacco company to influence change to the EU tobacco directive, and there was clear circumstantial evidence that Mr Dalli was aware of these activities.
Mr Dalli had always denied the claims.
Mr Dalli resigned from the European Commission on October 16. He has since insisted that he was not given the opportunity to react to the findings of the investigation before it was concluded.
The police questioning involved the most senior police officers including Commissioner John Rizzo.
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Anthony Paul Naudi
Nov 14th 2012, 07:44
Nahseb li Giovanni Kessler ghandu jigi Malta u jghid lil pulizija x'irid jghid biha, '' circumstantial evidence ''
Ghax dan ghalija ikkundanna bniedem qabel ma nstab hati. Anke Barroso ghandu jforni l-evidenza tieghu lil pulizija ghax huwa minflok stenna li il-kwestjoni tigi solvuta , ghalih John Dalli kien hati ta' rejat. Min hawwad fil borma jaf x'fiha u l-hatja iridu jhallsu
A.P.Naud
Lawrence Fenech
Nov 14th 2012, 09:36
ZAnthony Paul.
Agreed 100%.
Charles Sammut
Nov 13th 2012, 23:03
Lots of smoke but no fire...as usual...LOL
Dennis Zammit
Nov 13th 2012, 19:25
Someone must be feeling the heat now.
The findings must be serious if senior police officers and the Commissioner of Police himself have been involved. More over, it is not common that interrogations span over more than one day.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Nov 13th 2012, 21:14
Very often those "helping the police" are detained for two working days during most of which time no actual interrogation would be taking place.
D. A . Agius
Nov 13th 2012, 22:16
I don't think this is a run of the mill case which would explain the lengthy period.
Obviously, what would be needed, in such a case, is a press conference by the Attorney General and Police COmmissioner to explain what they have been doing so far, since the papers came from OLAF at least a couple of weeks back...
Francis Saliba M.D.
Nov 14th 2012, 10:22
@DAAgius.
It is not in the interest of justice for the AG or the Commissioner of Police to make premature statements when the police investigations are incomplete. Satisfying public curiosity could seriously interfere with the collection of useful evidence. That applies in all cases, whether "run of the mill" or not.
OLAF admits that its evidence is non-probative and circumstantial.
C Muscat
Nov 13th 2012, 18:18
The police are doing their job to investigate. I hope they call also Barroso and Kessler and the other named maltese persons
Joseph E Briffa
Nov 13th 2012, 20:05
I fail to see any connection between Barroso and Kessler and the findings of the OLAV report.
Albert Critien
Nov 13th 2012, 18:06
If, according to Olaf, an Investigation report will not be compiled before the end of November, what sort of version was submitted to the Maltese authorities ??
Joseph E Briffa
Nov 13th 2012, 20:03
Albert..the report to be compiled by end-November doesn't have anything to do with OLAV investigation report. It will be a report on the way the investigation report was handled after completion...it will be just a report on procedure and will have nothing to do with the investigation itself.
Please choose the reason of your report below: