Keith Schembri sues PN media for libel

The Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Keith Schembri today sued the PN media for libel over a front page story which he described as “slanderous.”

In-Nazzjon ran a report on how Ryan Schembri, the fugitive former co-owner of More supermarkets, has been in telephone contact with a “particular person” and reassured that he and his family are safe.

However, the newspaper published the photo of Keith Schembri alongside that of Ryan Schembri as the two happen to be cousins and the newspaper alleged that the two had common business interests in Libya and that the OPM’s Chief of Staff was aware of the phone call his cousin made.

Keith Schembri denied these allegations and in a statement issued this afternoon, government said the report was “false and made-up.”

“Mr Schembri never had and does not have any commercial ties with his cousin. Allegations that he was in contact with him and knows his whereabouts are also false.”

The statement added that character assassination by the opposition’s media has reached the lowest ebb and reflect the negativity and politics which the people voted out in the last general election.