Medical certificates enabling former European Commissioner John Dalli to postpone meeting Maltese investigators state that he cannot travel or face “psycho-social exposure”.

They say the “patient is not able to fly or travel long distances because of a medical problem”. He is in the “psycho-social” care of Dr Michael Scholten, whose clinic is in Mettlach, Germany.

However, Mr Dalli last week gave a statement to Belgian judicial police, in testimony that lasted three-and-a-half hours. He gave Belgian police a recorded conversation between Green MEP José Bové and Swedish Match official Johann Gabrielsson, in which the latter said OLAF officials as well as the Maltese police “suggested” he stick to a version of events that had been discredited in investigations. The Maltese police denied any such suggestion.

A day later, he failed to appear for libel proceedings he initiated in Malta against The Times. His lawyer said he would be filing a medical certificate.

More details in The Times.

mmicallef@timesofmalta.com

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