The prime minister's chief of staff, Keith Schembri and Malcolm Scerri, general manager of Kasco Ltd, have instituted libel proceedings against The Malta Independent on Sunday and its online edition over an article entitled Panama Papers: HSBC investigation expected into alleged fraudulent documents vouching for Keith Schembri and Malcolm Scerri and Probe expected into alleged fraudulent documents vouching for Keith Schembri, Malcolm Scerri.
The articles were published yesterday.