Brian Tonna to be recalled for another grilling in parliament
Nexia BT partner Brian Tonna is to be recalled before parliament's Public Accounts Committee to answer questions related to the Electrgas deal after a ruling by Speaker Anglu Farrugia on Monday. Tonna last week refused to answer any questions, claiming he may be a suspect in ongoing police investigations into the matter. Committee president Beppe Fenech Adami subsequently requested a ruling from the Speaker. He pointing out that while there were legal proceedings against Tonna regarding alleged money laundering involving Allied Newspapers and alleged kickbacks in the sale of passports, the committee did not know of any criminal proceedings against him over the Electrogas contract. Tonna therefore did not have an absolute right not to answer questions by the committee, Fenech Adami said. In his ruling, the Speaker said that witnesses summoned before the committee have a right not to reply to questions which may incriminate them, but they were bound to reply to questions about which no criminal charges had been made against them. Following the ruling, Fenech Adami confirmed to Times of Malta that Tonna would be recalled to appear before the committee and would be expected to...