Copycats resign… David Agius doesn’t take 'the Guttenberg test'

Nationalist whip David Agius has evaded questions as to whether the example set by German defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg – resigning last week for having plagiarised his PhD dissertation.

Last year Agius was revealed to have been caught three times copying during his final year exams at the University of Malta. He was then caught copying again when sitting for an exam for his Master of Business Administration at the University of Malta in 2004 – when he was already a Nationalist MP.

Questions sent to Agius have remained unanswered, and further telephone calls not answered.

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