WRITTEN QUESTION No. 660/98 by Leonie van BLADEL to the Council. The Netherlands obstructing the international hunt for a drug baron
Date: 1998-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament, VAN BLADEL
Subjects: Netherlands, Surinam, dictatorship, drug traffic, head of State, international security, legal process

2. 10. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 304/143

(98/C 304/213)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0660/98

by Leonie van Bladel (UPE) to the Council

(16 March 1998)

Subject: The Netherlands obstructing the international hunt for a drug baron

Is the Presidency aware of the dismissal by the Netherlands Minister of Justice (who represents D(cid:146)66) of the

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Hague public prosecutor, Mr Arthur Docters van Leeuwen?

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Is the Council aware of confidential and personal military intelligence report 913 of 21 January 1982 in
which the Netherlands(cid:146) former Minister of Defence and current Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr H.A.F.M.O. van
Mierlo  (D(cid:146)66)  intended  to  provide  training  for  the  intelligence  service  of  the  then  dictator  of  Surinam,  Desi
Bouterse?

Does  the  Council  realise  that  a  dictator(cid:146)s  military  intelligence  service  is  used  solely  for  the  purpose  of

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repressing the population?

Is  the  Council  aware  that  the  Netherlands  Ministry  of  Justice  has  requested  international  assistance  in

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tracing Surinam(cid:146)s ex-dictator Bouterse who is suspected of large-scale international dealing in cocaine?

Is the Council aware that ministers Van Mierlo and Sorgdrager made it impossible to arrest Bouterse in

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Brazil last year?

Is  the  Council  aware  of  the  circumstances  whereby  Mr  Charles  van  der  Voort,  the  public  prosecutor

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responsible for tracing Bouterse, was removed from active service?

Does the Council realise that the Hague public prosecutor, Mr Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, is in fact the

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only person willing to continue with tracing and prosecuting Bouterse?

Does the Council not feel that the dismissal of Mr Docters van Leeuwen is simply the latest in a series of

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steps aimed at frustrating the prosecution of Desi Bouterse?

Can the Council make an urgent appeal to the Netherlands to allow Mr Docters van Leeuwen to resume his

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work and to continue in his efforts to arrest and prosecute Bouterse?

Answer

(25 May 1998)

The questions posed by the Honourable Member of the European Parliament relate solely to matters that are
internal affairs of the Netherlands.

(98/C 304/214)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-0662/98

by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission

(2 March 1998)

Subject: Installation of hazardous nuclear reactor at Akkuyu

In April 1998, Turkey is due to select the type of nuclear reactor to be installed in the region of Akkuyu, which is
particularly  prone  to  the  risk  of  earthquake  and  is  also  home  to  the  rare,  protected  species  of  seal  known  as
Monachus Monachus.

Turkey reportedly intends to select the Canadian reactor (cid:145)Candu(cid:146) which is capable (through a particular method)
of  increasing  the  quantity  of  plutonium  produced,  creating  a  basis  for  the  production  of  nuclear  weapons.
Moreover, it is not a matter of chance that this type of reactor has been installed in sensitive areas of countries
such as South Korea, India, Pakistan and China. The quality and safety standards of these reactors have been
severely criticized in certain quarters in the USA and Canada, while Canada gave a commitment at the Kyoto
environment summit (last December) to close down seven nuclear plants of this type.

What action will the Commission take to prevent the installation of this type of reactor only a few miles outside
the EU(cid:146)s boundaries?