Jack van Tongeren
Peter Joseph Van Tongeren | |
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| Born | 14 December 1947 Netherlands |
| Other names | Jack van Tongeren |
| Known for | Arson attacks against Asian-owned businesses, distribution of anti-Asian flyers |
| Parent(s) | Rudi van Tongeren Stella van Tongeren |
| Allegiance | Australian Nationalist Movement (1985–2007) |
| Motive | white supremacist ideology |
| Convictions | arson, assault, theft, conspiracy |
| Criminal penalty | 18-year sentence (1989) 2-year suspended sentence (2006) |
| Accomplice | John Van Blitterswyk |
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Span of crimes | 1985–2004 |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
| Targets | 6+ restaurants arsoned 1+ restaurant fire-bombed |
Date apprehended | August 1989, 2004 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1971–1975 |
| Unit | 6 Platoon, B Company, 2 RAR/NZ |
| Battles / wars | Vietnam War |
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Peter Joseph "Jack" van Tongeren (/væn ˈtɒŋərən/ van TONG-ər-ən, Dutch: [ˈpeːtər ˈjoːzə fɑn ˈtɔŋərə(n)]; born 14 December 1947) is the former leader of the West Australian Neo-Nazi group Australian Nationalist Movement (ANM), a white supremacist and far-right group, and a successor organisation called the Australian Nationalist Worker's Union (ANWU). He served 13 years, one month, and six days in prison from 1989 to 2002 for theft and arson, having robbed and firebombed businesses owned by Asians in Western Australia. In the late 1980s it was revealed Van Tongeren's father was of part-Javanese ancestry. Nevertheless, Van Tongeren resumed anti-Asian activities upon his release in 2002, leading to further convictions, in 2006.