Colonial officials suppressed whistleblower warnings while defending the whistleblower himself

Evidence

None of the communications dealing with Valck’s reprimand suggest that his concerns were passed on to the Governor-General, or that Levyssohn alerted his fellow advisors in the Raad van Indië to Valck’s warnings about European excesses and the wide scope of the crimes. Instead, Norman Levyssohn drew selectively on Valck’s letter to defend his friend’s person—but not the validity of Valck’s accusations of torture and corruption. — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 1116