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Rutte deplores feelings of denial Indian Dutch
15-08-2015 14:45
One hundred thousand Dutch citizens and Dutch Indian occupied during the war in Japanese internment camps, tens of thousands of people died. The survivors of the war that they find since the Dutch government received insufficient recognition and get what they have experienced.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte regrets that India Dutch have not been recognized since World War II felt by the Dutch government. He said at the commemoration of the Japanese surrender seventy years ago.
One hundred thousand Dutch citizens and Dutch Indian occupied during the war in Japanese internment camps, tens of thousands of people died. The survivors of the war that they find since the Dutch government received insufficient recognition and get what they have experienced.
"Much has been said and done in seventy years, but there is also a long time not much said and not done," said Prime Minister Rutte about it in his speech. "I want to express seventy years after the event aloud. The story about dealing with the Indian war suffering is a difficult and painful story."
Previous compensation left in his sometimes long overdue, "and implementation, forms, with all kinds of procedures, which touched on old wounds. The Indian community is a sense of failure persist for the horrors of war in Asia. I regret that. "
No formal apology
The Dutch government had already announced that today "a goodwill gesture" would come in the direction of Indo-Dutch, but no formal apology in it for the way the government has handled Dutch who returned after World War II.
The Indian Platform hoped it on there. Except excuses and wants recognition platform that the government pays salaries to soldiers and officers have not received during the 35 months of the war. It also wants compensation for war damages from the Japanese occupation.
Wreaths
King Willem-Alexander laid the first wreath at the Indian monument. He did that for the first time. As the anniversary of the Japanese surrender is not an official national memorial, was present Queen Beatrix once every five years. Van Rijn also Rutte and Minister of Health laid a wreath, like the chairmen of the Senate and House.
After the ceremony, the king opened the parade.
Revolutionary War
With the capitulation of Japan, broke into the Dutch East Indies to peace. Two days after the capitulation of Japan's independence was proclaimed by the late President Sukarno.
The Dutch government objected to the set, followed by a bloody war of independence. That war cost according to Indonesia to tens of thousands of lives.
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