did you confront your direct boss, which was mr roland van hauwermeiren. what did you say to him? i did not say anything to him at that time. there were about three or four men involved in this, i felt. and they all suspected that i had reported them, but they didn't know for certain. they knew that a team was coming down from london. did you believe the local girls were prostitutes, that you saw? um, i believed that there was some sort of... uh... something that was definitely an imbalance of power. i don't think there would have been there just out of wanting to be there. i think that they were expecting something. whether it was paid sex work or not, i don't have any proof of that. i certainly felt that it was inappropriate and went against the rules, our code of conduct, our security rules and so on, at that point. it was still very strict, then. in liberia, this wasjust after the civil war, of course. um, but what i wanted to say is that time it took the london team to come down, these individuals absolutely worked on me. i was under surveillance, almost. someone was almost a

there was no huge drama, but as the result of the team coming in to liberia, mr roland van hauwermeiren was removed from the location, i believe. ithink he ended his work with merlin at that time. yes. and then other people stepped out and said that what they had seen and came forward with that information, and so what happened was, unfortunately, he was — he could go on his own. he probably offered to resign and could go quietly. the others could stay. one had to — the wonder they confronted had to — the wonder they confronted had to — the wonder they confronted had to give me a personal, face—to—face apology, but then could continue his contract and go on. so i guess at that point i was disappointed, and maybe starting to doubt that they had done the — not that i had done the right thing, but started to think that i had overa cted a little started to think that i had overacted a little bit, and this was something... but at that point did not think that they would get jobs again. interesting. because in essence, the degree to which mr roland van hauwermeiren was able to m

were you with mr roland van hauwermeiren? no. why were you let go by 0xfam? its country director in haiti, admitted using prostitutes. he's spoken of lies and exaggeration. pay, because dismissing him would have damaged the investigation. the bbc source challenges that account. they didn't need him to stay and help with the investigation. of the investigation team. which alone is enough. when they were thinking of hiring him. of aid workers is set up. information about what went on. the haitian government has launched its own investigation. mps in parliament. the questions for 0xfam keep on coming. james landale, bbc news. has been jailed for 32 years. of a child. sima kotecha reports. so, what, what — what was it i've done? what is it i'm supposed to have...? dr matthew falder being arrested at his workplace last year. pictures of themselves. it sounds like the rap sheet from hell. distributing indecent images of children. more obscene images. to film them in the shower and using the toilet. falder contacted more than 300 people worldwide. one of his victi

were you with mr roland van hauwermeiren? no. why were you let go by 0xfam? 0xfam's report says roland van hauwermeiren, its country director in haiti, admitted using prostitutes. he's spoken of lies and exaggeration. but it also says he was allowed to resign with dignity and a month's pay, because dismissing him would have damaged the investigation. the bbc source challenges that account. they didn't need him to stay and help with the investigation. as far as i'm concerned, roland was not part of the investigation team. roland, from all accounts, owned up to his own behaviour, which alone is enough. today, 0xfam officials met members of the haitian government. tomorrow, senior executives from the charity will face mps in parliament. the questions for 0xfam keep on coming. james landale, bbc news. on day 10 of the winter olympics, an anti—doping case has been opened against a russian medal—winning curler. the scandal could threaten russia's effo rts the scandal could threaten russia's efforts to regain full 0lympic status. the first ever bronze medal in m

were you with mr roland van hauwermeiren? no. why were you let go by 0xfam? 0xfam's report says roland van hauwermeiren, its country director in haiti, admitted using prostitutes. he's spoken of "lies and exaggeration". but it also says he was allowed to resign with dignity and a month's pay, because dismissing him would have damaged the investigation. the bbc source challenges that account. they didn't need him to stay and help with the investigation. as far as i'm concerned, roland was not part of the investigation team. roland, from all accounts, owned up to his own behaviour, which alone is enough. the bbc has been told 0xfam refused to tell another aid agency why mr van hauwermeiren had resigned, when they were thinking of hiring him. 0xfam said it was legally constrained but would have liked to have said more and will be giving no references until a register of aid workers is set up. today, a senior 0xfam official travelled to haiti to apologise and expressed the charity's shame directly to ministers and share more information about what went on. the ha

gavin lee is in knokke in belgium, where mr van hauwermeiren lives. gavin. as you say, it's the first time roland van hauwermeiren has broken his silence after a week where the allegations have been building and building. as director for operations for oxfam in 2011, and with a british different charity in 2004 in liberia. he spoke to reporters on his doorstep and gave a different account, he said it was lies and exaggeration. he spoke about how in the last week since the allegations his family hadn't spoken to him. he also posted an open letter to the media today, he went through detail by detail how he didn't believe any of these allegations from liberia onwards, specifically in haiti saying he was involved in a sexual relationship with a haitian woman but didn't pay for prostitution and she wasn't a victim of the earthquake. we are hearing that high—profile figures including the south african archbishop desmond tutu has left the organisation and said he was disappointed with the allegations. thank you. members of british steel's pension scheme were the

the times has discovered that the man at the heart of the story — country director roland van hauwermeiren — did work elsewhere afterwards, in a senior role for a french charity at a project in bangladesh. the bosses of that organisation have even said they received positive references about mr van hauwermeiren from 0xfam. full details are in the times tomorrow. welljoining me now from nottingham is the mp andrew mitchell — he was the development secretary at the time of the problems 0xfam had in haiti. and with me in the studio is anthony stewart, chair of the haiti support group, which works to improve the life of people in haiti. i'll start with anthony, there is a lot to unpack from what dame barbara said, first of all that she was aware of cases of sexual exploitation by 0xfam staff, even before the 2011 allegations. was the way 0xfam behaved in 2011 with what they discovered the right one? when it comes to my reaction for the interview and the statements in 2011 and today, they are very keen on talking about something that happened in the past and they didn't particularly want to

were you with mr roland van hauwermeiren? no. why were you let go by oxfam? 0xfam's report says roland van hauwermeiren, its country director in haiti, admitted using prostitutes. he's spoken of lies and exaggeration. but it also says he was allowed to resign with dignity and a month's pay, because dismissing him would have damaged the investigation. the bbc source challenges that account. they didn't need him to stay and help with the investigation. as far as i'm concerned, roland was not part of the investigation team. roland, from all accounts, owned up to his own behaviour, which alone is enough. today, 0xfam officials met members of the haitian government. tomorrow, senior executives from the charity will face mps in parliament. the questions for 0xfam keep on coming. this is a direct formal apology from 0xfa m this is a direct formal apology from 0xfam to the government in haiti tonight, i suppose in some sense the charity did not have any other choice. in these circumstances 0xfam has to be transparent, that is why we have the latest report, but also c