Mark Anthony Sammut files police report over Facebook suicide comment

PN MP Mark Anthony Sammut has filed a police report after a retired police officer encouraged him to take his own life in a comment on Facebook.

Mark Anthony Sammut identified the man as Patrick Attard, with the comment posted beneath content published by the Labour Party’s propaganda arm, ONE.

“Patrick Attard, a retired police officer, encouraged me to commit suicide,” Sammut wrote. “I filed a police report about this.”

The Nationalist MP further alleged that Attard had previously been suspended from the Police Force but was reinstated following Labour’s return to government in 2013.

MMark Anthony Sammut strongly criticised the Labour Party over the incident and insisted the comment would not deter him from his political work.

“Far from committing suicide, I will work even harder to make Malta a country where justice is served and where our children have a future,” he said.

The PN MP has been reiterating the PN’s call for the Attorney-General to resign.

Gerald Fenech

Sports Editor
Veteran Journalist