Gaffarena calls Labour MP as witness in his defence

Labour MP Joseph Sammut is one of the witnesses called by Mark Gaffarena to testify in his defence in the court case following the Valletta property expropriation scandal, documents show.
Mr Gaffarena’s lawyer, Keith Bonnici, lists Dr Sammut as a witness “to testify on the contents of a letter he sent to the Land Department” in the name of Mr Gaffarena and his wife, Josielle.
The letter is not mentioned in the Auditor General’s report on the deal. It could be one of the documents missing from the Land Department file on the deal. The National Audit Office noted in its report that various documents were missing from the file it was given during the investigation.
This newspaper filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the file but this never happened. There was no acknowledgment or official refusal of the request made a few days after the Times of Malta exposed the deal.

Sources told Times of Malta the letter sent by Dr Sammut, who is also a Mepa board member, asked for the property in Old Mint Street to be expropriated. However, since the letter could not be traced, the information could not be verified.
Land Department files were seized by the police and...