Subject: What was the Kamp van Zeist?<br/>
Date: May 17, 2001 @ 15:33<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (&quot;Peter Smaardijk&quot; &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1752234960">Following the Lockerbie bombing, the two suspects were eventually <br/>
tried at the Kamp van Zeist location in the Netherlands. In many <br/>
publications, it is said that for the duration of the trial, the Kamp <br/>
van Zeist was declared Scottish territory. The mayors of the towns of <br/>
Zeist and Soest, on which territory the Kamp is situated (and <br/>
straddles the municipal boundary) didn&#39;t know at one stage which fire <br/>
brigade should act in case of a fire breaking out during the trial, <br/>
since they were under the impression that the territory of the camp <br/>
was off limits for the municipal services, including the fire <br/>
brigade. But in other publications I find that the trial was held <br/>
on &quot;neutral&quot; territory. Does this mean Dutch territory, or <br/>
truly &quot;everones land&quot;? Other publications say the Kamp was something <br/>
like an embassy during the trial. The whole thing was well guarded by <br/>
Scottish policemen, though. I didn&#39;t succeed in finding the <br/>
Netherlands-UK agreement on holding the trial there yet.<br/>
<br/>
So was the Kamp van Zeist a Scottish enclave in the Netherlands for a <br/>
short while? Or is this not true, and was it only a piece of the <br/>
Netherlands that had Scottish law for a while?<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.</div>