Dutch apology over 1947 Indonesia massacre

RAWAGEDE–The Dutch government formally apologized Friday to the families of victims of a 1947 massacre on Indonesia’s Java Island, on the 64th anniversary of the executions by its colonial army.

“On behalf of the Dutch government, I apologize for the tragedy that took place in Rawagede on the 9th of December, 1947,” the Netherlands ambassador to Indonesia Tjeerd de Zwaan said at an emotional ceremony.