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        "rendered": "<p class=\"\\&quot;has-small-font-size\\&quot; wp-block-paragraph\">Il-Proc\u00e8s Verbal kien ippubblikat minn <a href=\/en\/\\\"https:\/\/www.maltatoday.com.mt\/news\/national\/129376\/were_publishing_the_vitals_inquiry__heres_what_you_need_to_know\\\"\/>MaltaToday<\/a> u jista\\&#8217; jinqara hawn: <a href=\/en\/\\\"https:\/\/embed.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24689081-vitals-inquiry-report\/?embed=1&amp;responsive=1&amp;title=1&amp;onlyshoworg=1\\\">Vitals Inquiry Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rikors&nbsp;relattivament g\u0127all-kon\u010bessjoni taI-Isptar ta\u2019 Ghawdex, l-Isptar San Luqa u l-Isptar Karen Grech mill-Gvern ta\u2019 Malta a favur is-so\u010bjet\u00e0 Vitals Global Healthcare Limited, in segwitu trasferita a favur is-so\u010bjet\u00e0&nbsp;Steward Health Care u relattivament g\u0127all-akkwist tas-so\u010bjet\u00e0&nbsp;Technoline Limited minn Ivan Vassallo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;Repubblika saqsiet g\u0127all-inkjesta ta\u0127t il-presidenza ta\u2019 Marion Pace Asciak. Firmatarji: Vicki Ann Cremona, Robert Aquilina, Manuel Delia, Simon Sansone u Pia Zammit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 2-8:&nbsp;<\/strong>L-akku\u017ci kontra diversi persuni u l-argumenti tag\u0127hom g\u0127aliex dan ir-rikors g\u0127andu jieqaf: Konrad Mizzi, Chris Cardona, Keith Schembri \u2013 appellaw, Ivan Vassallo \u2013 m\u2019appellax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 8-14: L-oppo\u017cizzjoni g\u0127al Repubblika u d-drabi li kellha titla\u2019 l-Qorti<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 20-39: Il-lista tax-xhieda kollha li nstemg\u0127u mis-16 ta\u2019 ottobru 2019 sat-8 ta\u2019 April 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 39-41: Il-lista tat-tfittxijiet (9) u g\u0127alfejn saru, u meta xhedu dawk li kienu qeg\u0127din jag\u0127mlu dawn it-tfittxijiet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 42:<\/strong> Id-\u2018Disclosure\u2019 ta\u2019 Joseph Muscat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 42-70:<\/strong> L-esperti: min kienu u kif \u0127admu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 52-54:<\/strong> Rapport fuq it-tfittxija fid-dar ta\u2019 Muscat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 70-75:<\/strong> Ir-rapporti tal-Pulizija fuq is-\u201cScene of Crime\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 78:<\/strong> Ir-rapporti tal-\u201cforensic analysts\u201d: 90 terabytes ta\u2019 informazzjoni; kif intefqu l-flus tal-poplu Malti u min kien involut<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 85-108: Patterns, temi rikorrenti u evidenza kumulattiva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 91:&nbsp;<em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><em>Mizz<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>&nbsp;and probably Muscat were not only central to the whole scheme from its inception but that their orchestration and endorsement of it \u2018seems to have been essential to getting the PPP&nbsp;off the ground and then awarded to the consortium (including Shaukat) behind VGH.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 96:&nbsp;<\/strong>Involuti prin\u010bipali li bbenefikaw minn \u201cfinancial awards\u201d: Keith Schembri, Konrad Mizzi, Joseph Muscat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Involuti o\u0127ra: Shaukat Ali Chaudry, Ivan Vassallo, Ram Tumuluri, Mark Pawley, Armin Ernst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 108-137: Keith Schembri: \u201c<em>it is a challenge to summarise our voluminous findings in relation to him<\/em>\u201d.&nbsp;<\/strong>Il-lista tal-kumpaniji tieg\u0127u, dawk fejn kien partner sigriet, modi o\u0127ra kif ibbenefika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 130-134: <\/strong>Edward Scicluna u Alfred Camilleri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 137:&nbsp;<\/strong>Id-\u201cdouble act\u201d ta\u2019 Schembri u Mizzi, u statement importanti tal-esperti: <strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong><em>It is also in our opinion, improbable that PM Joseph Muscat, as the person in charge&nbsp;of them and who attended many of the key meetings, was not also aware and similarly culpable<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 137-152: Konrad Mizzi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 152-174: Joseph Muscat : involviment, \u0127las u konoxxenza ta\u2019&nbsp;elementi importanti li kellhom x\u2019jaqsmu mal-bejg\u0127 tal-isptarijiet.&nbsp;<\/strong>Jing\u0127ata ukoll l-isfond politiku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 160:&nbsp;<em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>In our opinion, it was Joseph Muscat, Schembri &amp; Mizzi who orchestrated the award of the Concession to VGH and who later made possible the transfer&nbsp;of the concession<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>from VGH to Steward. Thereafter they appear to have done everything within their power to ensure that VGH, and subsequently Steward, were not deemed to be in default of their commitments under the SCA despite the fact that both concessionaires were in default. They did this by constantly \u2018moving the goalposts\u2019&nbsp;for financial close, extending deadlines in many cases without Cabinet approval. Mizzi ensured Steward got GOM backed loans&nbsp;of circa \u20ac30M&nbsp;from BOV. Mizzi also entered into an agreement as late as summer 2019, when it was clear the SCA was not working, which granted Steward a potential future compensation settlement pay-out of \u20ac100M in the event the concession award proved to be deemed unlawf<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ul\u201d<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 175-253: &nbsp;Shaukat Ali Chaudry u l-kumpanija prin\u010bipali tieg\u0127u Mount Everest u membri tal-familja tieg\u0127u: Asad u Wajid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 253-266: Ivan Vassallo (Technoline) u l-kumpaniji kollha li kellu x\u2019jaqsam mag\u0127hom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 266-280: Ram Tumuluri \u201cPresident and managing director of Vitals healthcare\u201d u l-kumpaniji li kien involut fihom. <\/strong><em>\u201cRam Tumuluri had fallen&nbsp;<\/em><em>o<\/em><em>n hard times after he was declared bankrupt in Canada and he met with Shaukat Ali in a hotel, I believe in Dubai, and he gave him the idea to do a public private partnership approach to the health sector and make it a global model, so Shaukat Ali said he would take it to his connections in&nbsp;<strong><u>Malta as a case study<\/u><\/strong>, which is wha<\/em><em>t<\/em><em>&nbsp;they did, and on the day that Shaukat&nbsp;Ali&nbsp;met Ram Tumuluri, he told me Ram Tumulur<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>\\&#8217;s shoes were tor<\/em><em>n<\/em><em>, he didn\\&#8217;t have any money to buy shoes, Shaukat Ali bought Ram Tumulur<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>&nbsp;a pair&nbsp;of&nbsp;shoes that he could wear to \u2018meet&nbsp;with Konrad&nbsp;Mizz<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>.\\&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 280: L-istruttura tal-Oxley Group <\/strong>\u201c<em>The Oxley Group is an imprecise term, referring to an amorphous group of companies in Singapo<\/em><em>r<\/em><em>e, the BVI, and the Cayman Islands, all linked to&nbsp;Pa<\/em><em>w<\/em><em>ley<\/em><em>&nbsp;and several other Singapore based businessmen<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;p. 292:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><em>0n 30 No<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>v<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ember 2015 Konrad Mizzi on behalf of GOM and Ram Tumuluri on behalf of VGH signed the Service Concession and Health Services Deliv<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>e<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ry agreements<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, however, VGH had not yet secured the \u20ac170 million necessary for the redevelopment of the hospitals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 298:&nbsp;<\/strong>Concession was&nbsp;awarded to VGH&nbsp;a&nbsp;start-up company with no experience in healthcare and without the&nbsp;prerequisite&nbsp;funding to&nbsp;finance the development of the hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 311-316: Rapport li ntbag\u0127at lil Schembri fejn jinkludi 11 il-kaz ta mi\u017capproprjazzjoni ta\u2019 fondi, li dan kellu juri l-gvern u jie\u0127du azzjoni kontra l-VGH. Minflok uzah biex i\u0127affef il-pro\u010bess biex tid\u0127ol Steward.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 316-339: Armin Ernst \u2013 CEO Vitals Global Health management, imbag\u0127ad Director and Company Secretary ta\u2019 Steward.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 324:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201c<strong><em>Just to clarify Sterward\/my position<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>,<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;we gave up the due diligence for a variety&nbsp;of&nbsp;reasons,&nbsp;<u>one it being the pressing timelin<\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><u>e<\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 326: It-takeover ta\u2019 Steward<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 337<\/strong>:&nbsp;Annual salary of \u20ac400,000 per year with discretionary company bonuses ranging from \u20ac100,000 to \u20ac200,000per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 339-353: Saba Binte Abbas \u2013 financial controller VGH \u2013 parti mill-familja ta\u2019 Shaukat Ali.&nbsp;<\/strong>Tikteb rapport fuq il-mi\u017capproprjazzjoni tal-fondi tal-kon\u010bessjoni. Li juri kif kienu jintuzaw u min ibenefika minnhom&nbsp;<strong>(<\/strong><strong>p. 343).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 353-375: Pierre Sladden \u2013 \u0127eba l-ownership ta\u2019 Gateway Solutions \u2013 business associate ta\u2019 Ivan Vassallo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 375-389: &nbsp;Attaul Wassay Bhatti \u2013 Accutor u kif gew trasferiti flus ghal \u2018consultancy fees\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 389: Spring Healthcare and Cannapharm <\/strong>(anke fuq il-covid testing kits ippruvaw jisirqu) \u2013 ordnaw b\u2019miljun ewro u kickback ta mitt elf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 391-402: ix-xhieda ta\u2019 \u017cew\u0121 diretturi li rri\u017cenjaw minn Accutor \u2013 Sharma u Greenshields u t-testimonjanza tag\u0127hom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 402-419: Aasia Parveen Shaukat, wa\u0127da minn-nisa ta\u2019 Shaukat Ali u l-kumpaniji assocjati mag\u0127ha \u2013 segretarja personali ta\u2019 Ghaddafi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 415:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>PROPERTY<\/strong><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Dr A Abela &amp; S Abela<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;client account &#8211; \u20ac233,750. \u201c<em>The law firm&nbsp;of Abela &amp;Abela provided legal services to Shaukat&nbsp;Al<\/em><em>i<\/em><em>&nbsp;in 2018\/19. Three payments of \u20ac21,250.00, \u20ac100,000 and \u20ac112,500 were made to the client account&nbsp;of&nbsp;Abela &amp; Abela in July 2018. Abela &amp; Abela raised an invoice dated 27 July 2019 for \u20ac9,973.90 regarding property transferred&nbsp;for a client referred to as \u2018spouses Shaukat<\/em><em>\u2019<\/em><em>. This invoice is dated one year after receiving the three payments from Accutor AG in July 2018.&nbsp;See Appendix 3.61.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 419-431: Fakra Shaukat Ali \u2013 l-ewwel mara ta\u2019 Shaukat Ali u l-business links tag\u0127ha u l-beneficci li rceviet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 431-442: Adrian Hillman \u2013 bribery and money laundering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 442-552: Gateway solutions \u2013 proprietarji sigrieti Keith Schembri u Konrad Mizzi \u2013 emails, nies li kienu konnessi ma\u2019 dawn id-deals inklu\u017c il-Pilatus bank e\u010b\u010b. Ir-rwol ta\u2019 Ivan Vassallo u o\u0127rajn &#8230; kif inxtara Technoline, id-dissolution agreement ma\u2019 Technoline u kif in\u0127olqu kumpaniji ohra: Eurybates, Eurasia&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 448: &nbsp;<\/strong><em>Th<\/em><em>ese two politicians used the Maltese Healthcare Concession to serve their own<\/em><em> <\/em><em>respective financial positions through the abuse of their roles for GOM.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>p. 552: Appendix \u2013 kumpless \u0127afna<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mi\u0121bur minn Vicki Ann Cremona &#8211; President, Repubblika<\/em><\/p>",
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