Former Freeport chairman Marin Hili yesterday filed a libel suit against Labour MP Evarist Bartolo over an opinion piece in The Sunday Times.
Mr Hili filed the writ in the Magistrates' Court claiming that the opinion piece entitled Wrecking Sea Malta, published in The Sunday Times on June 12 was libellous and defamatory.
Dr Joseph Zammit Maempel signed the writ.