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VALLETTA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was arrested on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that he would consider recommending a pardon for a middleman offering information on the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia if such information can be corroborated in court.
Maltese investigative journalist Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bomb in Malta in October 2017.
Fenech, a key player in Malta's energy sector, was arrested Wednesday morning after he was intercepted at sea aboard his yacht by Armed Forces of Malta personnel.
Fenech is a "person of interest" in the Caruana Galizia murder investigation, the Times of Malta quoted Muscat as saying.
