Six Thousand Crosses for Boars Killed

A memorial service will be held next week for the 6,000 wild boars which were killed in the last hunting season in the Veluwe region. The party for the animals which has two seats in the Dutch Parliament will place 6,000 crosses next to the monument for a white boar which was killed four years ago. A Protestant minister will give a eulogy.
www.trouw.nl/nieuws/article2776095.ece/Dominee_spreekt_requiem_uit_voor_zwijnen.html

High Level of Criminality Among Young Non-Western Immigrants in Rotterdam

Almost 55 percent of all youngsters of Moroccans origin in Rotterdam aged 18-24 have been involved with the police due to being suspected of criminal activity. The percentage for youngsters in the same age group from the Dutch Antilles and Surinam the percentage is 40%; for those of Turkish origin it is 36% and for authochtonous people it is 18%. This was announced by the criminologist Prof. Frank Bovenkerk on the occasion of his retirement from Utrecht University. He added that previous statistics always underestimated the level of criminality. Ninety percent of youngsters of Moroccan descent who commit crime are repeaters. For authochtonous criminals the rate is 60%.
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1208793.ece/Veel_jonge_criminele_allochtonen_Rdam?source=rss\

President of Supreme Court: Politicians Should Respect Judges

Geert Corstens, the president of the Supreme Court, has called on politicians to show respect for the role of the judge. He pleaded for this because trust in judges has declined in recent years. There is more and more public criticism by politicians on judgments but they should at least show respect in the way the express their opinions. Corstens added that the fact that the media give short and sharp summaries of verdicts also means that the public does not accept them without criticism.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/4071975/__Kritiek_hoogste_rechter_op_politici__.html

Former Teacher: Students’ Terror Led to Closure of Gouda School

After nine years a former teacher has disclosed that his school in the troubled town of Gouda was closed because of terror. Even now the teacher has requested to remain anonymous. Students of Delta College, on the way to school, had been forced by other students to give up money and other belongings, there was drug trade during breaks and the home of the school director was marked with graffiti of swastikas and Stars of David. Within the school wallets were stolen, students returned to class after breaks with goods which had probably been stolen from shops in the neighborhood. As a result, neighborhood shops refused to allow students into the stores. The social services always protected these criminal students who were mainly of Moroccan descent. Retired teachers left the town. There was no one willing to report on these crimes at the time. The school was finally closed in the year 2000.
www.ad.nl/groenehart/gouda/3254493/Terreur_nekte_Delta_College.html

Intelligence Service Can View Text Messages Illegally

The General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the police are able to view text messages illegally. The Supervisory Commission of the Intelligence and Security Service (CITV) objects to this because the Ministry of the Interior has not given permission for this. The AIVD and police are allowed to ask for traffic information via mobile phone, but two of the cellular providers are unable to separate traffic data from content.
www.trouw.nl/nieuws/nederland/article2773467.ece/_AIVD_ziet_ten_onrechte_inhoud_sms_.html

Criticism of Liberal Leader for Allowing Holocaust Denial

Mark Rutte, the leader of the Liberal Party (VVD), has come out in favor of legislation to extend the laws of freedom of speech. According to Rutte, in this framework denying the Holocaust would not be punishable. Former VVD leader Hans Wiegel has called this proposal bizarre. Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen (Christian Democrats) called this statement an absolute “low” and said the man (Rutte) has “lost his way.” The leader of the Labor Party Wouter Bos said “I heard Rutte on TV saying that one can call out ‘Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas’ in a demonstration, but not in a mosque.”
www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article2254437.ece/Ophef_in_VVD_om_uitspraak_Rutte_Holocaust

Stricter Supervision of Driving Licensing Office due to Negligence

The Minister of Transport Camiel Eurlings (Christian Democrats) has announced stricter controls for the supervision of the Central Office for Driving Licenses (CBR). The minister says it is unacceptable that the CBR has forgotten to send 250 drivers caught by the police for drunken driving to a special course. Furthermore the CBR has been negligent with 262 files of drivers for whom a decision had to be taken on whether their license should be revoked because of major alcohol or drug abuse.
www.parool.nl/parool/nl/224/BINNENLAND/article/detail/245497/2009/05/30/Bureau-voor-rijbewijzen-onder-curatele.dhtml