The Northern League's Fabio
Rizzi, a Lombardy regional councillor, was arrested on Tuesday
in relation to a probe into alleged corruption in contracts at
Lombardy hospitals.
A businessman considered close to Rizzi, Mario Valentino
Longo, was arrested and taken to jail too.
Rizzi's wife has been put under house arrest, as has
Longo's, and police searched for evidence at the councillor's
home and at regional offices.
The probe concerns a series of public contacts for the
outsourcing of hospital dentistry services.
Rizzi, 49, is an anesthetist by professional who has been
a councillor since 2013 and was a Senator from 2008 to 2013.
He is the chair of the Lombardia regional assembly's
health committee and the architect of a reform of the region's
health system commissioned by Governor Roberto Maroni, a fellow
League member.
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