Delia says his signature was forged on documents, demands police investigation
Updated at 8pm with Labour reaction
Opposition leader Adrian Delia has asked the police to investigate documents containing his signature which he says were forged. In a press conference held on Saturday evening, Dr Delia said that forged documents concerned alleged activity of his dating to around 15 years ago.
He did not describe the documents in further detail, although in a letter sent to police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar and seen by Times of Malta, Dr Delia said that the documents "were used to conduct financial transactions".
Dr Delia told the press that the documents had been brought to his attention at around the same time The Sunday Times of Malta had sent him questions related to claims that the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit had investigated him. The Sunday Times of Malta has reported that the FIAU had opened an investigation into suspected money laundering breaches by Dr Delia, in relation to work he did as a lawyer back in the early 2000s.
Dr Delia has vehemently denied the allegations, insisted he knew nothing of that investigation and called on the police commissioner to question him.
In his letter to the police commissioner, Dr Delia asked...