Cases evaluated individually, thoroughly and diligently
We refer to the article ‘What offence have I committed?’ that was published on February 28. The Directorate of Child Protection under the remit of the Foundation for Social Welfare Services rejects and rebuts the allegations made in that article as being unfounded both on a factual and legal basis. Such an article only intended to create sensationalism towards the case. A counter-judicial protest will be filed in the Registry of the Courts in the coming days.
The Directorate of Child Protection is bound by law not to disclose details, as, strictly speaking, the mother of the children interviewed in the article did. In fact, article 77 of Chapter 602 of the Laws of Malta clearly prohibits the publication of information leading to the identification of children as being in alternative care.