The state lawyer replied in a letter published on 24 November 2008, that the Netherlands "deeply regrets" the massacre, but that it believes the term for prosecution had expired.
荷兰政府的律师在2008年11月24日的一封回信中表示，荷兰对这起屠杀“深表遗憾”，但是荷兰政府相信此案已经超过法律上的追诉时效。