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Hague court orders Dutch state to pay out over colonial massacres
Source: The Guardian
Hague court orders Dutch state to pay out over colonial massacres
Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s execution is among those who will get compensation
Daniel Boffey in Brussels
Fri 27 Mar 2020 12.05 GMT
Last modified on Fri 27 Mar 2020 12.23 GMT
An Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s summary execution by a Dutch soldier when he was 10 years old has spoken of his gratitude after a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch state to pay compensation to victims of colonial massacres in the 1940s.
Andi Monji, 83, who travelled to the Netherlands to tell his story to the court, was awarded €10,000 while eight widows and three children of other executed men, mainly farmers, were awarded compensation of between €123.48 and €3,634 for loss of income.
The cases concerned men killed by soldiers in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi between December 1946 and April 1947 during so-called “cleansing actions” as the Dutch sought to repress moves towards independence.
The court found that 11 men were killed as a result of misbehaviour by Dutch soldiers, mostly by summary executions. One man was randomly shot.
Monji’s father was executed on 28 January 1947 in the village of Suppa. More than 200 men are believed to have been executed by the Dutch military that day.
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Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s execution is among those who will get compensation
Daniel Boffey in Brussels
Fri 27 Mar 2020 12.05 GMT
Last modified on Fri 27 Mar 2020 12.23 GMT
An Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s summary execution by a Dutch soldier when he was 10 years old has spoken of his gratitude after a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch state to pay compensation to victims of colonial massacres in the 1940s.
Andi Monji, 83, who travelled to the Netherlands to tell his story to the court, was awarded €10,000 while eight widows and three children of other executed men, mainly farmers, were awarded compensation of between €123.48 and €3,634 for loss of income.
The cases concerned men killed by soldiers in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi between December 1946 and April 1947 during so-called “cleansing actions” as the Dutch sought to repress moves towards independence.
The court found that 11 men were killed as a result of misbehaviour by Dutch soldiers, mostly by summary executions. One man was randomly shot.
Monji’s father was executed on 28 January 1947 in the village of Suppa. More than 200 men are believed to have been executed by the Dutch military that day.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/hague-court-orders-dutch-state-to-pay-out-over-colonial-massacres