The summary proceedings against Royce de Vries against AD are taking place behind closed doors

Through the lawsuit, de Vries wants to prevent the newspaper from publishing a new article based on audio recordings allegedly made by his deceased father, Peter R. de Vries. She wrote that the new publication would jeopardize Royce's safety advertisement previously.

According to a court spokesman, not only was it determined that the case would be heard behind closed doors, but a so-called communications ban was also implemented. Therefore, nothing can be said about why the case was being handled out of public view, the spokesman said.

Interview with Khaled Qassem

He. She advertisement She published an article last week in response to recordings she claimed to have received from sources. In the recordings, you can hear that Royce de Vries's then colleague, former lawyer and BNNVARA presenter, Khaled Qassem, admits to bribing an official. At that time, father and son De Vries had a law firm and legal consultancy with Qasim. He. She advertisement She reports that she has now conducted further research into the recordings and has contacted both Royce de Vries and Kassim with questions.

Editor-in-Chief Rene Rypma advertisement In response to the brief deliberations on the newspaper’s website: “Our journalists work with an open mind and therefore ask questions to the participants in the course of the journalistic investigation of these recordings. They may or may not answer these questions and provide answers to our journalists. I think De Vries is doing so now, before knowing the content of the article , by filing an urgent lawsuit to prevent publication. Once summary proceedings are initiated, the freedom of the press will be greatly interfered with.