JAKARTA (Reuters) - Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologised on Tuesday for the 'excessive violence' inflicted on Indonesia during his country's colonial rule, the monarchy's first such admission of regret to the Southeast Asian nation.
The Netherland's King Willem-Alexander and Indonesia's President Joko Widodo talk to the media during their meeting at Bogor Palace, near Jakarta, Indonesia, March 10, 2020. Antara Foto/SigidKurniawan via REUTERS
"I would like to express my regret and apologise for excessive violence on the part of the Dutch in those years," King Willem-Alexander said at the presidential palace in Bogor during a visit to Indonesia. In 2011, Tjeerd de Zwaan, then the Dutch ambassador, apologised for killings in 1947 in a village in the province of West Java. Two years later, de Zwaan also apologised for killings in 1947 on the island of Sulawesi.
In his speech, the king also offered condolences for seven people killed when two boats collided in Central Kalimantan during preparations for the royal visit.
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