Stop acting like a tabloid journalist, Pullicino Orlando tells Casa

Updated 12.30pm with Casa's reply Former MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando has accused MEP David Casa of dramatising FIAU reports he claims are in his possession, which link Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi to corruption. In a statement, Dr Pullicino Orlando said that while allegations of corruption should be thoroughly investigated, Mr Casa, as a senior politician, was not expected to behave like a tabloid journalist – teasing his audience for months on end with allegations which have not been substantiated. Mr Casa said he gave the European Central Bank further evidence on Pilatus bank, which he claimed went beyond “merely flouting” anti-money laundering rules. Mr Casa said he was seriously considering handing over a leaked report by the FIAU, the anti-money laundering agency, to an inquiring magistrate for justice to be done. But the former Nationalist MP and now chairman of the Malta Council for Science and Technology is not impressed: "His behaviour in this, and other, instances is being widely regarded as an attempt at destabilising our democratically elected government by using his influence at a European level. The negative effect his shenanigans are having on our country’s...