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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

[Malta] Malta Today - Inquiry into Mamadou Kamara death remains under wraps

7 October 2014


The findings of an independent inquiry into the running of the Detention Services have not yet been made public, two years after the Office of the Prime Minister had ordered the inquiry in 2012.


It is unclear whether the inquiry has in fact been concluded, with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat confirming with MaltaToday that he “would have to check the status of the report”.


Mamadou Kamara, 32, died in the summer of 2012 while in the custody of Detention Services and Armed Forces of Malta personnel.


On the orders of then Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, an inquiry headed by retired judge Geoffrey Valenzia was appointed to establish whether there had been negligence, non-observance of procedures or abuse of power by any detention service officials involved in the case.



Mamadou Kamara, 32, died in the summer of 2012 while in the custody of Detention Services and Armed Forces of Malta personnel.