Leo Reawaruw
Leo Reawaruw (17 February 1960 - 7 October 2022) was a Dutch radical activist. Reawaruw stood up for the Moluccans in the Netherlands and for soldiers who served in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL).
Biography
Born in Ambon in 1960, he later started living in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. He served in the army and was sent to Lebanon.
Reawaruw was a leader of the radical splinter organizations People Against Genocide (PAG) and Maluku Warchild. Maluku Warchild was responsible for multiple bomb threats and small attacks with incendiary bombs, including in Elst, Arnhem and Lunteren. Justice prosecuted Reawaruw, among other for leading a criminal organization, but he was acquitted. Reawaruw fought with Maluku4Maluku for the recognition of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL), the veterans and the families. He wanted that graves of KNIL soldiers got a special status, so nothing has to be paid and the graves would not be cleared. Reawaruw spoke with Prime Minister Mark Rutte in his officie and was invited for the annual Remembrance of the Dead, to lay one of the wreaths on behalf of his organization.
Reawaruw spent the end of his life in a hospice in Harlingen. He died over there 7 October 2022, aged 62.
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Other websites
Newspaper articles about Reawaruw - via Delpher
1960 births
2022 deaths
Dutch activists