MSNBC Visits KIA
DIARIO Aruba
8/25/2005

An exceptional case took place in court Wednesday afternoon, in relation to the recording of an America TV crew in front of KIA's cell of suspect JvdS, who is detained in relation to the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.

A team of the TV channel NBC/MSNBC had an appointment yesterday with the KIA director, Mr. Freddy Maduro, to conduct an interview but there it was nothing unusual. However, what happened later is that the KIA director after the interview (...) took the American journalist to the cell of JvdS and created a judicial revolution never seen in the penal history of Aruba.

FREE TOUR THAT HAS COMPLETELY SHAKEN ARUBA

According to information DIARIO has obtained, the KIA director declared that it was true that the American TV crew was there to conduct an interview with himand as part of the interview, he had the authority to have the interview.

After the interview, the KIA director and the team of journalists, with a cameraman conducted a tour of some sections of KIA - among them, a sector where there are women detained and at a given time, they passed the sector where JvdS is detained.

(the next paragraph I had a problem with, so it may be off, translated what I could)
When the American journalist saw Joran, he started hitting the glass window that separates the section of the detained and that's when the big problem begins,they walk with the director to that area and were in front of the door of the cell of JvdS, and they started filming and asking questions.

JORAN WAS NONE TOO HAPPY
(Something about Joran's lawyer saying that MSNBC used 'tricky' means to film and interview JvdS)

After the judge listen to both sides, he gave Joran the opportunity to give his account? Joran said that at no time did he give the permission to the American journalist to film and interview him.

According to vdS, he was confronted by the American journalist, and had no option to hide or try to avoid any form of interviewing or filming. He couldn't even hide in the bathroom because another detainee was in there.

TWO FRIENDS SAY "HI"

The American journalist asked vdS how are you and he answered I'm doing fine after he says two of his female friends say hi? (gets fuzzy here for me, but something to the effect that he didn't really want to continue the interview but he didn't have where to flee or hide and he didn't have the possibility of covering his body ...he was in short boxer briefs)

The lawyer for the American journalist presented as an argument to the court the example of the Muslim man who shot the filmmaker Van Gogh and the value to the public of seeing his photo, it was of great importance to the public to have this as information and this is one of the important duties the press fulfills.

After a few minutes recess, the judge read the verdict saying that vdS's privacy was violated because there was no possibility for him to avoid the filming and interviewing, and he also dismissed the argument that the filming had any public value.

The judge's verdict was that the American TV channel was prohibited to tramsmit what was filmed in KIA and if it violated this, it would have to pay 1 million Florin per airing.

BULAMENTO DI CABEZ
Wednesday night, KIA director, Mr. Freddy Maduro, who was also present in court got notification that he was immediately suspended until further notice. The case here is that a big problem has been created for a few people involved, in which case there will be more repercussions. Then, looking at this case from another angle, due to his sincerity Joran 'flew' the head of the KIA director (expression to mean, got him fired?)

[translated by Getagrip]