Former PVV MP Hero Brinkman arrested over confidentiality breach

A former MP in Geert Wilders’s PVV party has been arrested on suspicion of breaching confidentiality while working as a police inspector. Hero Brinkman was provisionally dismissed from the Amsterdam police force in the summer for an alleged breach of duty. Police carried out a search of Brinkman’s home on Monday morning, the Telegraaf reported. His lawyer Richard van der Weide said he had been ‘sidelined’ by his employers.