Rattled by journalist murder probe, Malta's ruling party meets to decide PM's future

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VALETTA - Lawmakers from Malta's ruling Labour Party met on Sunday to decide the future of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat amid a crisis sparked by the investigation into a murdered journalist.

The government had earlier turned down Fenech's request for immunity from prosecution in return for revealing information about the murder plot and about alleged corruption involving Muscat's former chief of staff Keith Schembri and former Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, among others, court filings showed.

Labour members of parliament gathered at Girgenti, the prime minister's official countryside retreat, to decide Muscat's future.

Influential opinion-makers in Malta have turned against Muscat for sticking by Schembri, an old friend since school, and including Schembri in security briefings on the murder investigation even after Fenech was identified both as a suspect in the murder and an associate of Schembri.

Following her murder, an investigation by Reuters and Times of Malta showed Fenech as having been the owner of 17 Black.

Fenech said the letter told him to pin the blame for the murder on another government minister.

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