Former National Health Minister Bill English expressed horror in 1997 at the claims and said it had to be cleared up quickly, but 18 years later the matter had to end up going to UNCAT due to the Governments refusal to accept responsibility for what happened and the Police's refusal to press charges against former staff
A representative of the UN committee, Felice Gaer, asks in her letter if the Government "intends to carry out an impartial investigation into the nearly 200 allegations of torture and ill-treatment against minors at Lake Alice" and prosecute and punish the perpetrators.
A report by retired High Court judge Sir Rodney Gallen said they had been subjected to a behaviour modification programme which he labelled a regime of "terror".
The UN's committee against torture has raised concerns over the police decision to end its investigation in 2009 without prosecuting any staff of the now-closed hospital near Wanganui.
Dr Leeks said the children he had treated were feral and psychotic and were future murderers and thieves. “Society will realise one day that I was ahead of my time.”Dose this sound like a sane person?
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