Be the first to comment!FKNK awaits the outcome of police investigations on drone
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The Federation for Hunting & Conservation – Malta (FKNK), has said this evening that “further to the Prime Minister’s statement in Parliament that the German based organisation, CABS, operated a drone without necessary permits, the outcome of police investigations and those of the Commissioner of Data Protection instigated by the FKNK, are urgently awaited.”
FKNK said, “the outcome of such investigations is made even more urgent in view of the irresponsible public declaration on national television by CABS leader Axel Hirschfeld stating his premeditated intention to, once again, gain access to private property and to carry out his next mission, this time, with the use of more drones.”
The FKNK said that it “expects the authorities to exercise an equal treatment in respect of any illegal activity, and hereby makes reference to an incident which also involved Axel Hirschfeld, when on September 21, 2010, whilst Malta was celebrating its Independence, the Law Courts were opened with urgency to hear the case that the German CABS’s official brought against a Maltese hunter who had been upset and reacted to CABS spying tactics at the time, which also included trespassing. For the subsequent hearing of this particular case, Government went so far as to pay for the flights of the prosecution witness(es).”
The FKNK commented that it “is sure that the police will not apply a two-weights, two-measures position in the case of the drone and in that against Axel Hirschfeld; and if necessary, and if Axel Hirschfeld needs to testify in our Courts, then it is expected that Government will, similarly to the previous case, also pay for his flights.”
“However, this expense can be avoided because CABS local official representative, David Camilleri who resides in Gozo, can be called to the witness stand instead,” FKNK said.
The FKNK concluded that it “has in the meantime also requested a meeting with the Police Commissioner, and further awaits the meeting with the Prime Minister which Dr. Gonzi said he would set-up in a letter addressed to the FKNK.”
