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Early November sent True is one of his most celebrated journalists away. Perdiep Ramesar sources would have made up for his (sometimes much discussed) reports. Today, the investigation was made public there to 126 articles are withdrawn because the sources are not traceable. What kind of person is Perdiep Ramesar?
Friendly, ambitious and always read well. These three features are the 36-year Ramesar, of Surinamese Hindustani origin, granted by many (former) colleagues or others who know him.
Ramesar ran in 2002, at the end of his studies in journalism at the University Windesheim in Zwolle, three-month internship in the political editor of TVNZ . At that time he was already keeping a number of Hindu blogs, remember colleagues. When he then in the Haagsche Courant ended, he fell to pieces with the Hindu community in The Hague – a group of 50,000 people who were not on the visor with other journalists, but that he and his contacts indeed was in the newspaper.
Even after his move to True , in the spring of 2007, he continued to write about the Hindu community. But gradually he immersed himself – often along with colleague Martijn Roessingh, now deputy editor at the newspaper – even in a different subject: human trafficking, especially forced prostitution. In 2011 they brought together a book, based on their many articles about it in Trouw: Slaves in the polder . The duo was nominated it for Lens, a prestigious award for investigative journalism.
From the end of 2011, the Schilderswijk was frequently the scene of Ramesars pieces. He went from then write more about juvenile, and also delved into the world of jihadism. In May 2013 he published his most discussed article about the ‘Sharia triangle, “a portion of the Schilderswijk where orthodox Muslims others would impose their laws:. No short skirts, no alcohol sales, no smoking on the street
The report caused a stir: it was within a week been both Deputy Prime Minister Asscher as PVV leader Wilders himself to assess the situation. The City Council and the House debates devoted special about it.
His status grew. Ramesar could join in EenVandaag and Toggle and van den Brink and was asked this year Nieuwspoort Rapporteur, a feature in which a journalist for a month is released to a topic behalf Nieuwspoort deepen. End of October 2014, he won the Divali Award, which is awarded annually to a person or institution that contributes to the emancipation of South Asians in the Netherlands.
Despite the praise for his work, was also questioned . For years, both inside and outside the newspaper. When he went on reportage and ‘the man in the street’ spoke, he sometimes came back with stories that seemed too good to be true. Often he carried on his anonymous sources, which also aroused suspicion. Despite missing a critical view of his superiors
In early November -. To be exact on Thursday November 6 – which was critical look there, when his boss felt wetness in a new report and unsuccessfully urged him on the abandonment of his sources. The next morning were also other pieces held against the light; the following Tuesday Ramesar stood on the street. And today came the bill: 126 of his articles have been withdrawn
Ramesar did not himself participate in the investigation into his articles.. Also opposite the NRC, he did not respond in recent weeks
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