The police force would likely fail a public trust poll today but the government is committed to turning things around, according to Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela.

“Yes, the result would be negative. It would probably fail and this is not something that has occurred overnight, but we want to address it,” he told The Sunday Times of Malta.

Dr Abela was reacting to the findings of an inquiry, published on Thursday, which cast a shadow over two police officers and their father, former acting police commissioner Ray Zammit.

The inquiry report by retired judge Michael Mallia exposed “dangerous” business liaisons between the Zammit family members and “dubious” nightclub owner Hugo Chetcuti as well as the Gaffarena business family.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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