Brown was given one week to think about settling the matter amicably. She is expected to meet with Stein sometime this week to say whether she intend to take his advice and to move on.
However, Mackay Brown and her husband do not intend to allow Haar to escape with his abusive attitude. Brown in a statement to SMN News said she would not allow this matter to escape in no shape or form. She said someone has to stand up against Haar and let him understand that he would not get away from the justice system after abusing women.
Brown said she already sought legal advice on the case but would not elaborate on the actions she intends to take against the editor of the Today Newspaper.
Hilbert Haar was arrested on Tuesday May 12 after he allegedly slapped Brown Mackay as well as punching her behind the head when she went to the newspaper office to retrieve her camera from another colleague. Haar spent two nights behind bars before being released. So far, the newspaper editor has refused to apologize for his actions. This is the second time Haar has physically assaulted Brown, on the first occasion he was warned by police says Brown.
In the meantime, several persons within the community expressed outrage at Haar whom they consider a racist. According to several letters sent to this website it is said that Haar uses the newspaper for which he worked to criticize as well as mock the local indigenous St. Maarteners. Haar would also attack several other media representatives by writing all sorts of negative opinions about them that is printed in the Today. On Monday, Haar wrote another opinion of his about the two websites on St. Maarten that publishes the names of suspects. He suggested that suspects should sue these websites since according to him this would hinder the person's future. The latest opinion of Hilbert Haar only came after SMN News published the letters that were sent to us criticizing his behavior.
