PM refuses to say whether police should investigate Konrad Mizzi

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today refused to say whether the police should investigate No Portfolio Minister Konrad Mizzi after claims made by the chairman of the PANA committee with regard to money laundering.

PANA Committee Chairman Werner Langen said on Monday that Minister Konrad Mizzi's situation regarding his Panama company "looks like money laundering", however stressed that things are not clear at the moment.

Asked whether the police should investigate these allegations, Dr Muscat said that it is up to the commissioner of police to start any investigations on whatever situation. "He does not need me" to tell him what to do, he said, and the government does not interfere in police work.

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