United Nations Expert Criticizes Dutch Attitude toward Illegal Immigrants

The UN’s special expert for extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, says that the Netherlands has to comply with the international rules for providing a bed, bath and bread for illegal immigrants.  However, within the Dutch government, there is major disagreement about this ruling between the Liberals, who oppose it, and the Labor party, who wants to adhere to it. 

http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/23932229/__Kritiek_VN_op_illegalendebat__.html

Illegal Medical Tests Carried Out on Psychiatric Patients

In a psychiatric institution in Heiloo, psychiatric patients who have heavy illnesses, and thus cannot make decisions of their own free will, have been used illegally as subjects for testing new medications.  The researcher had permission to do such tests solely on ambulant patients who are able to make decisions for themselves.  The caretaker who has brought the study out to the public has been dismissed, and been told that if she discloses any further information, she will be given a high fine.  Law professor Frans van Wijman says that deviating from research protocol is forbidden and that it may be considered a crime, which can lead to prosecution. 

http://nos.nl/artikel/2030314-ggz-patienten-in-heiloo-tegen-de-regels-in-gebruikt-bij-onderzoek.html

Government Hiding Key Information on Plane Crash

On 17 July, 2014, a Malaysian plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine, and all its passengers were killed.  Among them were close to 200 Dutchmen.  In answering parliamentary questions, the government said that key information regarding the crash, including government decisions made in the first three months after the crash, are a state secret and will not be published. It was also discovered that a report on a briefing in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, which took place three days before the crash and which explained the dangerous situation in the country, was sent to the Dutch Council of Investigations of Safety six months after the official investigation of the crash had started.  This month, the briefing memo became public due to a leak.

http://www.elsevier.nl/Nederland/achtergrond/2015/4/MH17-veiligheidsmemo-kwam-met-een-half-jaar-vertraging-1749515W/

Dutch Tax Authority Experiencing Delays Due to Additional Vacation Days for Older Employees

The Director General of the Dutch Tax Authority, Peter Veld, says that the additional vacation days for older employees have led to great backlogs in the Authority's work. He mentioned that every year, an additional 800 man-years of work are lost.

http://nos.nl/artikel/2030919-ouwelullendagen-kosten-belastingdienst-800-manjaren.html

Finally Admitted: Thirty Eight Years Ago, Minister of Justice Misled Parliament

Minister of Security and Justice Ard van der Steur has told parliament that 38 years ago, his predecessor, Dries van Agt misinformed them. Van Agt had said after a kidnapping of a Dutch train by Moluccans that the Dutch marines who killed six kidnappers had not shot at kidnappers who had a weapon but offered no resistance. A recent report shows that four out of six kidnappers showed no resistance and were killed by the marines. A female kidnapper did not even have a weapon. Several kidnappers were lying on the ground when they were killed.

Www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2015/04/16/van-der-steur-voorganger-van-agt-informeerde-kamer-onjuist-over-kaping.

Central Bank Dismisses Employee Moonlighting as Sado-Masochistic Call Girl

An employee of the Dutch central bank, DNB, whose job included supervising the financial sector, also moonlighted as a sado-masochistic call girl under the alias of Conchita de Waal.  She did so, for instance, as playing the role of an SS commander.  She previously worked in the major Dutch banks, ABN-Ambro and ING. After a tip to the authorities, her side activities were unmasked. A judge determined that DNB was entitled to dismiss her after eight years of employment.

www.telegraaf.nl/dft/nieuws_dft/23917822/__DNB-toezichthouder_werkte_jarenlang_als_sm-meesteres__.html

Morocco arrests ISIS terror group which planned attack in Netherlands

The Moroccan authorities have arrested an ISIS terror group of six ISIS members which planned attacks in Morocco and The Netherlands. They trained near the town of Nadur in the North of Morocco. The Moroccan intelligence service says that it has provided the Dutch authorities information which enabled them to arrest a Dutch member of the group.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2015/04/13/marokko-is-terreurcel-plande-aanslagen-in-nederland