Daphne Foundation: Caruana Galizia’s reporting on hospitals deal ‘vindicated’

The court’s decision to annul the privatisation agreement for three Maltese hospitals vindicates Daphne Caruana Galizia’s 2015 reporting on the deal, the Daphne Caruana Galizia foundation said.

On Friday, a court annulled three agreements that led to the privatisation of three state hospitals.

After the ruling was read out in court, the Foundation pointed out that Caruana Galizia had first reported on the deal in 2015, alleging that the government had struck a deal with Oxley Capital Group of Singapore ahead of the call for proposals for the privatisation of the hospitals.

She had also reported that Ram Tumuluri, representing Oxley Capital, had held meetings with Maltese medical suppliers in January 2015, telling them that his company already had an agreement with the Maltese government to run the hospitals.

“We now expect the authorities to move swiftly against all those implicated in the fraudulent deal with both criminal prosecutions and civil action to recover stolen funds, and to ensure the return of public assets to their rightful owners," the Foundation said.

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