yorgen fenech. seemed to be coming together. a power plant awarded to a rising tycoon. two panamanian accounts belonging to schembri and mizzi that without the panama papers would have been impossible to trace. and a dubai company owned by that same tycoon, yorgen fenech, set up to pay millions into those pan manamanian accounts. but was it enough to kill for? >> they must have gotten nervous that my mother knew about that company. they must have panicked. they said, crap, she's closing the circle, and she's going to link the two things. >> reporter: mizzi denied any knowledge of 17 black. schembri confessed he knew it was owned by fenech, but said he never received a penny. but public opinion in malta was starting to turn. protesters demanded that the government resign. >> konrad mizzi, keith schembri, 17 [ bleep ] black. yorgen fenech. but the truth will out because the truth is out, and you have been exposed. >> reporter: despite the protests and the public embarrassment, prime minister muscat st