Dutch anti-Islam MP halts public activities after security

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AFP The Hague
Last Updated : Feb 23 2017 | 8:14 PM IST
Anti-Islam Dutch MP Geert Wilders and his far-right Freedom Party suspended all public activities today pending a probe after a police agent was arrested for leaking information about him to a Moroccan gang.
"Very disturbing news. The Freedom Party is suspending all public activities until all facts in connection with the investigation are known," Wilders said in a Tweet, as Dutch political parties gear up for crunch elections three weeks from now.
Wilders, who has courted controversy with his hardline anti-Islam, anti-immigrant stance and his incendiary insults against Moroccans and Turks, has long been under 24-hour police protection.

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First Published: Feb 23 2017 | 8:14 PM IST

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