'I was followed by two suspicious cars' - Jason Azzopardi

Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi filed a police report on Saturday night claiming he had been tailed by two suspicious cars.

Contacted after posting a tweet, the lawyer said he had enough suspicion to believe he was being followed earlier in the day when he was meant to have a meeting with a client in Qrendi.

Around 12.15pm, Dr Azzopardi said he realised there was a white car in pursuit, with another grey vehicle at a distance.

At one point he stopped his vehicle close to the St Matthew chapel to make a phonecall when the car behind him stopped abruptly just feet behind his.

"I could not identify the driver who put his head down - I know he had salt and pepper hair," he told Times of Malta.

The MP's suspicions were confirmed when he restarted his car to drive off.

"When I accelerated, it accelerated. When I slowed down, it did the same," he said, adding that he had a witness to prove his claim.

After about 600 metres, he stopped his car, and the driver in pursuit slowed down, took a good look at Dr Azzopardi, and kept driving towards Żurrieq.

He claimed the same car had earlier been parked in front of his client's place.

"That means this person knew where I was going, probably...