US EditionFormer Dutch PM Urges King to Apologize to Molukkan Community for Historical Injustice
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A few years before his death, he wrote a letter to Willem-Alexander after a conversation with members of the Moluccan community.
Former Dutch PM urges King to apologize to Molukkan community for historical injustice
It has become known that back in 2021, former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt asked King Willem-Alexander to apologize to the Molukkan community, originally from the Molukken islands in Indonesia, many of whom were former Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) soldiers and their families.
Three years before his death, former Prime Minister Dries van Agt urged King Willem-Alexander to apologize to Moluccans in the Netherlands. He wanted the King, as head of state, to apologize for the way they had been treated by the Dutch government. Van Agt sent the King a letter, the Government Information Service (RVD) confirmed following inquiries from the NOS.
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