Van Agt would like to testify about De Punt: I almost hope that I am called

Former Prime Minister Van Agt wants to testify in court about the train hijacking at De Punt in 1977, if he is called upon to do so. That's what he said in a conversation with Tijs van den Brink in the NPO-Radio 1 program It's the day . Van Agt, as Minister of Justice, ordered the end of the hostage, in which eight people were killed

The lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld, who assists the family of pirates of the country. Air Moluccas, wants the former General Henk Van den Breemen and Van Agt to call witnesses. According to her, Van Agt told the Marines that the pirates of the air did not have the right to survive the liberation action.

"You would have given the mission: shoot down all, is not it?" Asked Van den Brink. "No, of course not, if you were not such a nice man, I'd give you a ride," he says.

Van Agt remarkably mentions that he could, along with other members of the cabinet, give an order. "I almost feel the question as insulting, the idea that we could come to such decisions."

The former prime minister says he would like to testify when it comes to this. "I would like to come, I hope to be almost called in. Then I'll tell you the truth, so I'll tell you how that really happened."