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26/08/2009Dutch news in brief, Wednesday 26 August 2009

Read the roundup of today's Dutch press from Radio Netherlands.

Man involved in Natalee Holloway confession arrested
De Telegraaf reports police in Aruba have arrested Patrick van der Eem, who is known for having gained the trust of Joran van der Sloot, the suspected killer of the American teenager Natalie Holloway.

Van der Eem, who was staying at the Radisson hotel, was arrested for voicing threats against several hotel staff. He also had not paid for the hotel. At his arrest, van der Eem was found to possess cocaine.

Van der Eem shot to fame when he helped Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries to secretly record 10 conversations in which van der Sloot gave a detailed description of how Holloway died or lost consciousness and how he disposed of the body.

In 2008, Van der Eem was interviewed by the US television network ABC, which devoted 90 minutes to a documentary entitled The Final Hours of Natalee Holloway.

The suspect was never convicted and was released for lack of evidence.

Van der Eem, a convicted drug dealer, was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the interview with ABC.

Amsterdam braces itself for new OV-chipkaart
In an editorial, de Telegraaf writes Thursday will be a crucial day for the Amsterdam metro and its passengers who will no longer be allowed to use the strippenkaart. Passengers will be required to use the new ov-chipkaart to check in and out.

Amsterdam’s public transport company (GVB) will have hundreds of assistants on hand to help passengers with the new system.

“It is questionable if this will be enough to avoid chaos. The experiences with the smart card have not been that positive… For instance, half of the 120 ticket machines in the capital have been suffering from breakdowns and other glitches every day,”  writes the paper.

De Telegraaf writes the reason for the failure of the machines could be due to the GVB trying to save cost by ordering the ticket machines and the disposable cardboard smart cards from different companies.
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