WILLEMSTAD - In a recent ruling, the Court prohibited the Public Prosecution Service (OM) from transferring prisoner Burney 'Nini' Fonseca from the Netherlands to Curaçao. First, a new investigation into the possible dangers for Fonseca during a transfer must be initiated, the Court ruled.
Fonseca is seen as the murder broker in the case of politician and former Member of Parliament Helmin Wiels. He would have been the intermediary between the clients and the executors of the murder. Fonseca was previously sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the murder of the MP.
Previously, Fonseca was detained in the Sentro di Detenshon i Korekshon Kòrsou (SDKK) prison in Koraal Specht on Curaçao. In 2016 he was temporarily transferred to the Middelburg penitentiary in the Netherlands for urgent security reasons. To date, Fonseca resides there.
Lawyer Marije Vaders filed a petition with the Court in July to prohibit the OM from transferring her client to Curaçao and to allow Fonseca's detention in the Netherlands to continue.
According to Vaders, the intention of the Public Prosecution Service to return her client to the SDKK is "unacceptable security risks".