A witness in the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia said that he does not understand much but shares information for the sake of partisanism.

Testifying before the board of inquiry, Kenneth Camilleri said that he does not regret sharing the information, but "I don't really understand these things", including the Panama Papers.

Kenneth Camilleri works with Transport Malta but is currently suspended after his name was mentioned by middleman Melvin Theuma in the course of police investigations into the murder. Theuma was granted immunity to provide details on the plot to assassinate Caruana Galizia.

Former judge Michael Mallia is chairing the inquiry board, while Chief Justice Emeritus Joseph Said Pullicino and Judge Abigail Lofaro are the board’s other two members. The inquiry's terms of reference stipulate that it must be concluded within nine months since its start last December.

The public inquiry will have to determine whether any wrongful action or omission by or within any State entity could have facilitated the assassination of Caruana Galizia or failed to prevent it, particularly whether the State knew or should have known of risks to the journalist’s life “at the time” of her murder.

The inquiry board is bound to presenting the inquiry report, once it is completed, to the Prime Minister and Attorney General, to notify the public that the inquiry has been concluded and presented to the Prime Minister, and, most notably, to publish the report within eight working days from when it is delivered to the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister has to table the report in Parliament within five days of receiving it.

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12.52pm: Kurt Farrugia, Joseph Muscat's long time Head of Communications and now Malta Enterprise, was meant to testify next Monday. Farrugia however has told the board that he will be overseas at the time and hence cannot testify. He neglected to tell the board, however, when he would return to Malta. This is something which the board said they will look into so that Farrugia can testify. As a result, Monday's scheduled sitting is cancelled and the next sitting will take place on Wednesday 4 March at 2pm. The people testifying are as of yet unknown and will be communicated later.

12.51pm: Camilleri's testimony ends here.

12.50pm: Azzopardi briefly asks about Camilleri's relationship with Melvin Theuma. Camilleri states that he had met Melvin Theuma a total of four times. The board points out that these questions will be gone through on March 27 in the trial against Yorgen Fenech, and Azzopardi stops there.

12.47pm: He states that he last spoke to Neville Gafa the day after he (Gafa) testified. Asked who paid for his trips to Libya with Gafa, Camilleri states that he definitely did not pay for them himself. He says that he used to give his passport to Gafa and he would make all the necessary arrangements.

12.45pm: Jason Azzopardi asks questions about Camilleri's work at Transport Malta - but the board is not entirely convinced at the line of questioning. Still, they allow him to continue. Camilleri states that when he concluded his 25 years of service, Ronnie Pellegrini had approached him and asked whether, given his experience in the police's traffic branch, he would be interested in joining Transport Malta. Camilleri was employed as Senior Manager Officer in Enforcement at Transport Malta as a result, and he notes that he doesn't recall there being an official call for the role. Azzopardi attempts to pry further, but the board stops him and tells him that the questions have no relevance to the inquiry.

12.41pm: The board asks whether Camilleri had been in contact with Keith Schembri since he left Castille, to which he replies that he had not - pointing out that lead investigator Keith Arnaud had asked him the same thing and that he had said the same thing.

12.40pm: The board briefly considers asking Camilleri about his relationship with Melvin Theuma, but Camilleri points out that he will testify on March 27 about the same subject. Given this, the board chooses not to proceed on this line of questioning.

12.39pm: Camilleri states that he had never seen Yorgen Fenech in Castille. He is reminded that he is under oath and that there could be consequences if evidence emerges to the contrary. He again states that he is certain that he had never seen Fenech at Castille.

12.37pm: "So you are saying that you don't understand these things, you never discussed them with anyone, but when someone posted information related to these things you saw them and felt that you should shared them?", Judge Mallia observes. Madam Justice Lofaro asks whether he regrets sharing the content - to which Camilleri replies that he does not. Asked again why he felt the need to share such posts, and Camilleri finally gives an answer: "Partisanism...that's what it was"

12.35pm: Madam Justice Lofaro asks whether there were any posts where he had said that Keith Schembri was innocent in connection with the Panama Papers. "I never spoke to Schembri about it... the posts may be something I saw and shared", Camilleri says. The board is not convinced: "So you share everything you see?", Madam Justice Lofaro replies; "You share something if you agree with it", Judge Mallia quips. "Yes", Camilleri replies, agreeing with Mallia. "So how can you say that you don't understand anything about the Panama Papers but then share things related to it?", Madam Justice Lofaro asks. Camilleri hesitates and meekly replies that he doesn't understand this stuff but may have shared things related to it.

12.29pm: He is now confronted with the social media content that Corinne Vella unearthed and presented at the beginning of the sitting. "I may have shared them, but I never wrote them myself", he states.

12.28pm: Camilleri says that he had never discussed the Panama Papers - "I don't really understand these things", he said. He states that they had mentioned Daphne Caruana Galizia when she had written a story about the Prime Minister's security detail, but no more than that.

12.25pm: He is asked about Gafa's private meetings in Libya, but Camilleri is coy - he states that he didnt really ask about the nature of the meetings or who he was meeting with, something which Judge Said Pullicino finds somewhat hard to believe. Camilleri recalls a meeting Gafa had close to a particular square, noting that he doesn't recall the name of the man he met but remembers that he was wearing a Juventus football kit. Azzopardi asks whether the man's name was Tajouri - and Camilleri replies in the affirmative.

12.22pm: Questions now turn to Camilleri's trips to Libya. Camilleri recalls that he went four times to Libya with the last one being the only one in an official capacity when he accompanied Malta's Ambassador to Libya Charles Saliba under orders from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

12.18pm: Judge Mallia asks who the security detailed answered to, to which Camilleri replies: "Ray Barbara". He explains that Barbara would coordinate their movements in tandem with those of the Prime Minister, and that he would communicate with Barbara.

12.17pm: He explains that he had not been given an explanation as to why he was suspended from Transport Malta, but notes that this had come after Melvin Theuma mentioned him in his testimony.

12.15pm: Kenneth Camilleri states that he works with Transport Malta but is currently suspended. He explains that he was a Police Constable in the past, and was then part of the Prime Minister's detail as of 2013. He states that he left Castille in January 2019, having served in the force for 25 years.

12.13pm: Azzopardi however points out that the comments are attacks on Caruana Galizia, describing them as a "character assassination" even now, and noting that the comments continue to contribute to a sense of impunity and to the hate towards the Caruana Galizia family. The board notes the points, and summons Kenneth Camilleri to the stand.

12.12pm: Lawyer Andrew Borg Cardona is now pointing out that the National broadcaster - PBS - is allowing certain comments about the inquiry to go unmoderated and unabated. The board isn't particularly concerned by it: "I don't have Facebook, so it doesn't bother me", Judge Mallia observes.

12.11pm: That concludes Barbara's testimony, and he steps off the stand.

12.10pm: Questions now centre on the late night press conference at Castille last November. "I didn't see anything", he says, noting that he was closed inside his office at the time. Finally, Azzopardi asks if the name Turab Muzayev had ever cropped up in the Prime Minister's diary. Barbara shakes his head and states that he does not think so.

12.06pm: Jason Azzopardi asks about meetings related to the new power station. Barbara states that Socar and Electrogas did not feature in Muscat's diary, although he notes that he dealt with persons not entities. He doesn't think that the names Paul Apap Bologna or Mark Gasan had featured in the diary either.

12.05pm: Judge Said Pullicino asks Barbara what Joseph Muscat's reaction was when the Panama Papers emerged, when the Egrant allegation emerged, and when Caruana Galizia was assassinated. "It wasn't a normal reaction - he was shocked and angry," he says. The accusations implicating Michelle Muscat had also angered the then Prime Minister a lot, Barbara states. When Caruana Galizia was assassinated, Muscat was shocked, Barbara says but notes that he cannot speak of what Keith Schembri's reaction was as he did not work closely with him - he clarifies that he was answerable directly to the Prime Minister, not to Schembri.

11.59am: Madam Justice Lofaro asks whether he is aware of any political spin emerging from Castille that the persons behind the assassination had something to do with the oil smuggling scandal, but Barbara states that he is not aware of anything of this sort.

11.57am: Barbara now identifies Ronnie Vella from a picture presented to him by the board. He notes that Vella used to work in the Prime Minister's communications office, but left his post when Joseph Muscat departed his post in Castille.

11.55am: Barbara names the six members of the Prime Minister's security team, but the media is instructed not to publish the names.

11.50am: This is a group of six people - they work in groups of three on a day on, day off basis. Barbara states that he is the person who would tell them about the Prime Minister's appointments for the day and they would operate according to that schedule.

11.49am: He is now asked about Castille's security arrangements. He states that Castille's security is handled by the Armed Forces of Malta. Visitors are given a card to enter, he states, but isn't sure what arrangements there were in terms of the registration of visitors. The Prime Minister then has his own security, he states noting that they would be members of the Police or the Security Service - they would be assigned to the Prime Minister and would follow him.

11.46pm: Judge Mallia asks whether Muscat had ever discussed Daphne Caruana Galizia with him, but Barbara states that he is certain that in his presence Muscat had never discussed matters related to her.

11.44am: Asked about the former Prime Minister's previous meetings, Barbara says that he has no recollection of Muscat ever meeting with Yorgen Fenech in his presence. There were occasions where he met with Joe Gasan however, he recalls but again notes that he doesn't recall arranging any meetings with representatives from Tumas Group. He states that he had never seen Fenech at Castille.

11.43am: He notes that he did not attend meetings with the Prime Minister, saying that he did not know who would take minutes of such meetings but assumed it would be a member of his secretariat, which fell under the responsibility of Keith Schembri.

11.41am: He states that his job is to take care of the Prime Minister's diary - programming the date and time of appointments and trips abroad and other engagements.

11.40am: Barbara explains that he is a person of trust of the Prime Minister, and had previously worked as a computer technician at GO. He said that he had worked with Joseph Muscat when he was the Opposition Leader as of around 2011, and had then taken the role of his personal assistant when Muscat won the 2013 election.

11.39am: She steps off the stand. Ray Barbara walks in - he is assisted by lawyer Jonathan Attard.

11.38am: She said that she had found posts which targeted Caruana Galizia, and mocked her for her work on topics such as Pilatus Bank, and also thanked her for the 2017 electoral victory. She explains that there was also a post which said that Caruana Galizia was blackmailing Adrian Delia with compromising images of him.

11.35pm: Another dossier focuses on Kenneth Camilleri's social media activity. She notes that the day after Caruana Galizia was killed he shared an Italian article which indicated that her last investigation was on the Opposition leader. This was part of a government campaign to pin the murder on the Opposition, she said.

11.31am: She explains Barbara's use of social media, noting that he frequently retweeted and shared posts made by members of the government or people in positions of trust. She explains that Barbara had targeted activists, and had supported the libel cases against Caruana Galizia even after her death. She also notes that Barbara used an email address registered to the josephmuscat.com domain for government business.

11.28am: The first dossier concerns Ray Barbara - where she noted that she found that Barbara shadowed former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat very closely even before 2013. "He appears to be very trusted and very devoted, and is also serving as the PA to the current Prime Minister", she says.

11.23am: Corinne Vella, Daphne Caruana Galizia's sister, is taking the stand to present further evidence. She presents a document of information taken from open sources on today's witnesses.

11.22am: The sitting is starting, 20 minutes late.

10.55am: The sitting is set to start at 11am.