Maltese PM Resigns 2 Years After Reporter’s Murder

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A murdered investigative journalist... a corruption case… and now, the resignation of the prime minister. This is the story of the Daphne Project, so far.

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00:00She was obviously killed because of something that she had written about.

00:24There's just no other way.

00:26She was relentless.

00:28She was fearless.

00:29She was a very high-profile reporter in Malta.

00:32She was very well-known.

00:33And if she could be killed in this violent way inside an EU member state, then who's

00:40going to be next?

00:54She was a person who was not scared to tackle corruption head-on and step on people's toes.

01:00And we feel that someone needs to continue her legacy and continue working and fighting

01:05against these thoughts of evil.

01:08We think it's important to continue the reporting of Daphne Caruana to show the persons, whoever

01:13did this, that it does not pay off to kill a reporter.

01:43The 17 Blacks, a company discovered by Daphne Caruana Galizia before she was murdered.

02:04She never found out who owned it.

02:05We discovered it was owned by Jürgen Fennig, Malta's richest man.

02:10And we also discovered that the emails in the Panama Papers showed that it intended

02:16to pay money to Keith Shembury, the prime minister's right-hand man, chief aide.

02:22No money was actually paid, we think, because Daphne discovered it too early.

02:25But this was, it appeared, a scheme for corruption.

02:39You've named many people close to the prime minister, are you going to name them today?

02:56Yes, of course.

02:57And these people are responsible?

02:58I'm confident.

02:59I'm confident.

03:00I've done the test.

03:10Daphne was right!

03:24Daphne was right!

03:30Assassins!

03:32Assassins!

03:34Assassins!

03:36Assassins!

03:39Can you get justice for your mother while he's still prime minister?

03:47No, definitely not.

03:49Definitely not.

03:50It's impossible.

03:52It's just impossible.

03:54It's complicit!

03:56Anyone who thinks we can is insane.

03:59You have to be insane to believe that.

04:20Did you have any prior knowledge about the plot to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia?

04:24Definitely not.

04:25And are you confident that your chief of staff and best friend didn't have any prior knowledge

04:28as well?

04:29It's up to the police.

04:30What I can say is that none of the investigations over the two years, at least where I was briefed,

04:37ever mentioned him.

04:39The very fact that Jürgen Fenech and Kitschkamp were friends and he was still attending these

04:43security services briefings is...

04:45That's up to the police to determine.

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