The police are investigating whether there was any involvement by Maltese officials or employees of the Maltese High Commission in India in the irregular granting of visas, Foreign Minister Tonio Borg said in Parliament.
He said that the Indian police are investigating the involvement of Indian citizens in the acquisition of Maltese visas, some of them from the Maltese High Commission, on the basis that the documents were false.
The Foreign Ministry wants to assure itself that no Maltese citizens or employees of the High Commission were involved.
The minister said the Central Visa Unit is investigating whether there were procedural shortcomings and whether there are grounds for disciplinary action, irrespective of the police investigation.