Indicating that the reason for the seizure was for reenactment of case for Dutch TV
Judge rejects complaint from Deepak Kalpoe’s attorney related to the seizure of his car
Kalpoe will get his car back Monday at the latest
Bon Dia Aruba
4/1/2006

ORANJESTAD – The car of the suspect in the case of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, Deepak Kalpoe, will remain in custody until at least Monday. This is what the judge involved in the case decided yesterday morning. It was when the car was taken into custody by the Public Prosecutor, last Thursday, that Kalpoe’s defense attorney, David Kock, sent a complaint about the Public Prosecutor.


CHIEF PROSECUTOR

It was the chief prosecutor’s turn to defend herself against this complaint, and the judge heard both sides. This is where the prosecutor explained to the judge that the reason for the seizure was to have access to the car as part of the plan for the reenactment of the Holloway case, for Dutch film crews who are in Aruba for the reenactment.

She used the term ‘onderzoeksbelang’ [research importance] since it will be used in the pre-recordings of Opsporing Verzocht.


PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

In a conversation with the spokesperson for the Public Prosecutor, Mariaine Croes, she confirmed that the judge rejected the arguments of attorney Kock and declared the ‘beklag’ as unfounded.

As much as he was preparing himself for the case against the government on the matter of legal papers [work visa] for his client Deepak Kalpoe, now he has another problem to deal with.

AUTHORITIES

It was Thursday afternoon that authorities confiscated the Kalpoe car again, based on the investigation which is taking place now. As such, the lawyer wasn’t thinking of keeping quiet about this case either.

SEIZURE

It is Bon Dia Aruba’s understanding that initially it was believed that it had to do with the actual investigation that the Dutch are now conducting in Aruba, but it was for the Dutch film crew.