Amsterdam: DUTCH anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, who is leading polls ahead of next month’s election, said he had cancelled all public campaign events after an agent involved in his security team was suspended.
The secret service said an agent of a Moroccan background had been suspended on suspicion of leaking details to a criminal organisation.
Newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reported the man’s brother, also a police officer, had leaked information about murder inquiries and had been accused of abuse and been dismissed. Police were not immediately available for comment. There is no suggestion the cases had anything to do with Wilders or his team.
Secret service chief Erik Akerboom said neither Wilders nor any of the other people the team protects, including the Dutch royal family, had ever been in danger as a result of the leaks.
Wilders, who promises to close mosques and crack down on “Moroccan scum”, said he would await the conclusions of the investigation into the corruption allegations before appearing in public again.
