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257:, visited Bhagwandas in his house shortly before he died in 1996, and Bhagwandas admitted to having been involved in the murder of his brother. According to Behr, Bhagwandas stated that Bouterse himself was present, and that he had murdered Surendre Rambocus and Cyrill Daal. Behr secretly recorded part of the conversation, and turned the tape over to the (now deceased) chairman of the Surinamese human rights organization OGV (
238:"André Kamperveen was shamefully tortured and killed on 8 December 1982. Now you have the alienating situation where Bhagwandas is pulling the strings in the André Kamperveen Stadium, as coach he has international appeal, while he is one of the main suspects in the December Murders. That is a huge moral degeneration."
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André Kamperveen is op 8 december 1982 op een schandelijke wijze gefolterd en om het leven gebracht. Nu heb je dus de vervreemdende situatie dat
Bhagwandas aan de touwtjes trekt in het André Kamperveenstadion, als bondscoach internationale uitstraling heeft, terwijl hij één van de hoofdverdachten is
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of fifteen objectors to the new regime took place over the period between 7–9 of
December, 1982. Reportedly after the arrests, Bouterse went to his office and gave Bhagwandas the order to bring him the captives one by one. Bhagwandas was reported to have been present when Bouterse made the decision
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to execute each of the captives and was himself involved in the execution of at least two of the hostages who were then carried out by
Bouterse. When Bouterse suggested that one of the hostages be spared, (trade unionist
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published an article about the
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351:30 December
325:30 December
299:30 December
149:Coup d'Ă©tat
127:Netherlands
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