COMMITTEE OF DUTCH HONORARY DEBTS Komite Utang Kehormatan Belanda ____________________________________________________________________ Open Letter To The Honorable Drs. Maxime J.M. Verhagen Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Jakarta, December 30, 2008 To The Hon. Drs. Maxime J.M. Verhagen Minister of Foreign Affairs The Netherlands Via: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav. S-3 Kuningan, Jakarta 12950 Indonesia Dear Minister Maxime Verhagen, First and foremost, we would like to express our gratitude on the presence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands, Dr. Nikolaos van Dam, on the Commemoration of Rawagede tragedy, which was held in Rawagede Monument on December 9, 2008. In conjunction to the statement of the Speaker of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Netherlands, Mr. Aad Meijer, on November 24, 2008 as reported by The Associated Press on November 25, 2008; that the Government of Netherlands offered to discuss the case with the widows and a survivor of Rawagede massacre in order ‘’to help them with their grieving’’; we would like to find out further the context of this statement. In Rawagede, we have discussed this statement with families of the victims; and in his welcome speech during the commemoration of Rawagede incident, the Chairman of the Committee of Dutch Honorary Debts (KUKB) has made the same inquiry to Ambassador Van Dam, which unfortunately yet to be replied. But for Mrs. Kesah, 85 years, one of the widows of the Rawagede victims, your offer for a discussion is too late. She died yesterday on December 29, 2008 at 09.00 (local time). Mr. Sa’ih, 86 years, the last survivor of the Massacre of Rawagede, is also seriously ill. More…http://indonesiadutch.blogspot.com/2008/12/open-letter-to-minister-of-foreign.html Indonesian text, see: http://batarahutagalung.blogspot.com
