Children of a lesser God
Two sickos made news in this state this week. While one pervert made himself an object of ridicule, the other exposed how lax the police is when it comes to the safety of children. So lackadaisical that a Dutch paedophile, who was arrested in 2002 for preying on children and abusing five of them in the Mahabalipuram orphanage he ran, was back in business after jumping bail. It’s because of a tip off from Interpol that he has been arrested -- seven year later -- for uploading child porn. And he still wants bail but so far has been refused by the courts while porn CDs continue to tumble out of his cupboard in his residence at Choolaimedu.
Also called William Heum, he was so comfortable here that he had even sought Indian citizenship. So confident was he of not getting caught that after jumping bail in the Mahabalipuram case, he moved to Choolaimedu less than 50 kms away to victimize more children. How he had managed to stay or rather overstay on a tourist visa is a telling reminder of how casual our authorities are -- paedophile or terrorist, everyone is welcome to Incredible India.