Thursday, October 14, 2010

Rough Translantion of Mo Article in Dutch -- Police Threatening to Charge Dr. Maeckelbergh with Libel

Police Committee Investigating Police Action

October 12, 2010 (MO) - Police Christian De Coninck, police spokesman Ixelles Brussels Capital, speaks at the news of police violence on October 1. Committee P, commissioned by the Belgian police controls parliament, has launched an investigation. 


According to activists, the polic acted e brutally on October 1 against the No Border Camp in Brussels. Marianne Maeckelbergh of Leiden University wrote in a testimony that she was beaten, spat upon, abused and chained.Committee P has announced that "several complaints were received about the event" and that an investigation has been launched. How long that will last, the committee can not predict. 

Police confirmed that Christian De Coninck Maeckelbergh was arrested and imprisoned, "She is the subject of a court file in association of criminals, rebellious and voluntary damage of property. The file is handled by an investigating judge. " 

According to De Coninck, the allegations relate to the attack by a district commissioner "after the unauthorized march was disbanded, and where that lady may be involved." 

The spokesman said that according to information obtained by him there was no impermissible physical or verbal abuse. "The statements of the lady are unacceptable and could potentially lead to additional prosecutions for libel."

(3:00 p.m.: This article is an updated version of "Police speaks against violence, which was on-line since 10:00 www.MO.be)"

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