DutchNews, June 3,
2016
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| Photo: Depositphotos |
A former top
justice ministry official has appeared in court for the first time to answer
questions that he sexually abused boys in the 1980s.
The hearings are part of
preliminary interviews for a civil case brought by a former boy prostitute who
claims he was abused by Joris Demmink and other highly placed officials
involved in a child prostitution ring.
Bart van Well, who claims to have been
drugged and abused for several years, is suing the state for failing to take
action even though officials were aware what was going on.
Demmink, a former
secretary general at the justice ministry, told the court he had never had sex
with under age boys or been in locations where boy prostitutes were being
abused.
Porn star
According to the Volkskrant, he answered questions for around
20 minutes ‘and denied everything, as he always does’. However, Demmink did
admit to having a relationship with Hungarian porn star Libor Ctvrlik which he
has previously denied, the paper says.
Earlier on Friday, two former police
officers told the court they were involved with an investigation into an
alleged child prostitution ring known as the ‘Rolodex inquiry’ and that Demmink
had been mentioned as one of the suspects.
However, the inquiry was dropped on
the orders of senior officials, they told the court. ‘I’ve never come across an
investigation like it being halted half way,’ one said.
Witnesses
The former
police officer said former junior justice minister Fred Teeven, then a senior
official at the public prosecution department, was present when the
investigation was stopped and was aware Demmink was a suspect.
Teeven told
judges earlier that Demmink was not a suspect in the Rolodex inquiry.
In total,
nine witnesses are being heard on the allegations that senior politicians knew
about and used underage male prostitutes in the 1980s.
Accusations of sexual
abuse have dogged Joris Demmink, who spent 10 years as head of the civil
service in the justice department, for years. In 2012, several witnesses told
the Algemeen Dagblad that in the 1980s Demmink had contact with Dick Willard, a
notorious pimp of underage boys.
Demmink may also face charges in connection
with the rape of two Turkish boys in the 1990s. The public prosecution service
said last month it had completed that investigation and would state this month
whether or not it will press charges.
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Former senior civil servant Joris Demmink
(Nos/ANP)
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Opstelten and Teeven during their press conferences. Photos: Nos
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