The Advertiser: Van Tongeren associates charged [28aug04]

TWO associates of white supremacist leader Jack van Tongeren appeared in court today over racist arson attacks on Perth businesses. The men were arrested in relation over the same incidents for which Van Tongeren, the leader of the Australian Nationalist Movement (ANM) now faces trial, ABC radio said today. Inspector Vic Gordon of Perth police said John van Blitterswyk and Mathew Billing were arrested last night and charged with four counts each of conspiracy to commit arson and 19 counts of criminal damage.