The leader of the Dutch side of the island of St. Martin on Monday accused troops deployed from the Netherlands of doing nothing to stop looters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, a Dutch newspaper reported.
"The curfew that was put in place was not controlled, people were looting, soldiers were watching them do it and didn't intervene,"William Marlin, prime minister of the Dutch part of the island called Sint Maarten told the NRC daily.