Far From Over--Dutch Demand Independent Probe Into Holloway Case

Aruba's Justice Minister Rudy Croes has announced an independent probe into the early stages of the police investigation regarding the disappearance of US teenager Natalee Holloway.

The Dutch minister for kingdom relations, Ank Bijleveld, had called for a probe after Mr Croes openly criticised the investigation.

Mr Croes last week claimed that Dutch police commissioner Jan van der Straten had seriously hindered the early stages of the investigation.

The minister said the commissioner had done so in order to protect a friend of his, Paulus van der Sloot, who is the father of the main suspect in the case, Joran van der Sloot.