(ANSA) - Rome, June 21 - Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
said Thursday that Roberto Saviano's security detail will be
assessed, while stressing that he will not decide whether the
anti-mafia writer's protection is kept or not.
"The competent institutions will evaluate whether he runs any
risks, in part because it seems to me that he spends a lot of
time abroad," Salvini told State broadcaster RAI.
"They will evaluate how the money of the Italian people is
spent".
Saviano has been in round-the-clock police protection
since his ground-breaking book Gomorra (Gomorrah) lifted the lid
on the Neapolitan Camorra in 2006.
The book was adapted to a successful film adaptation and
spawned a hit TV series.
Saviano is a highly vocal critic of Salvini, especially of
his hard-line stance on migrants.
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Institutions will evaluate risks, not me says minister