Yorgen Fenech given police bail, but will face further interrogation

Updated 11.19pm

Businessman Yorgen Fenech was granted police bail after accompanying investigators to a search of his yacht, sources said on Thursday evening, though he is expected to face further questioning on Friday.

Mr Fenech was arrested early on Wednesday morning shortly after exiting the Portomaso marina in St Julian’s aboard his yacht. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat subsequently confirmed Mr Fenech is a “person of interest” in the murder case of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. 

Investigators were seen on Mr Fenech's family yacht Gio at the Portomaso marina in St Julian's shortly after 10pm. Officials from European law enforcement agency Europol were also spotted on board.  

Sources told Times of Malta that Mr Fenech was given police bail (see below) after the search was completed. He will be subjected to 24-hour surveillance and a police officer would be standing guard by his docked boat around the clock. 

They said they expected him to be brought in for further interrogation on Friday.

Initial confusion

Initial reports were that Mr Fenech had been granted police bail at around 9pm on Thursday evening, roughly 40 hours into his arrest and eight hours before the elapse...