Ministers have spoken of how they found empty offices.

There were no papers, laptops, computers or even stationary said minister Leo Brincat.

“In the past PCs had their hard drives cleaned up, this time the PCs themselves have vanished.”

Family Minister Marie-Louise Coleiro-Preca added:

“We found nothing. No computers, no telephones, no files , no stationery. A TV that sat in the ministerial office was gone.”

Those claims were denied by former minister Chris Said.

“Saying there were no phones or internet is a barefaced lie,” he said. Computers are missing because they’re leased from a private company – they’re either returned to the company or bought by the individual when they leave office.”

At Castille, Joseph Muscat found everything was gone – save for a copy of The Economist, with a front page heading saying ‘ Enter the clowns’”.

Full story in The Times.