"Special forces from the Netherlands carried out a series of summary executions in its former colony between 1945 and 1949, killing thousands. In total, about 40,000 people were executed during the colonial era, according to the Indonesian government; however, Dutch figures mention only a few thousand. South Sulawesi was the site of one of the worst atrocities. On January 28, 1947, Dutch special forces executed 208 men on a field in front of a local government office. It was one of the many mass murders by notorious captain Raymond Westerling who was long considered a hero in the Netherlands. Westerling and his troops held summary executions in tens of villages for a period of three months in a bid to wipe out resistance against Dutch colonisation. Neither he or his men were ever prosecuted." aljazeera/news/asia-pacific/2013/09/20139126854278821.html
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:54:01 +0000
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