Archive post: »Is Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg being used in a manoeuvre« · 2021-09-29

• Allan Schøne — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Claus Ewers — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Claus Plum — Mentioned in a historical text version
• Ellen Trane Nørby — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Erik Damsgaard — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Kjeld Stærk — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Morten Kjær Hansen — Mentioned in a historical text version
• Peter Hansen — Mentioned in the current archived text
• Torben Lindvang — Mentioned in the current archived text

Source title: Bruges Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg i et spil

Text version dated 21 Oct 2022

Bruges Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg i et spil, der skal forhindre ytringsfriheden? I løbet af 2020 fremførte Venstrepolitikeren Peter Erik Hansen fra Sønderborg en stribe anklager mod den lokale iværksætter ejeren. Det var optrapning af en konflikt, der startede med ejerens køb af ejendommen Skansegården og fortsatte med Peter Erik Hansens, Venstres og JydskeVestkystens årelange kampagne mod ejeren og Skansegården.

Da ejeren tog til genmæle, blev han mødt med en byge af anklager for skattefusk, misbrug af kommunale pressefotos, krænkelse af PEHs værdighed og meget mere. Det resulterede i flere politianmeldelse, henvendelser fra kriminalforsorgen, trusler om polititilhold og fogedforbud, trusler om retsforfølgelse fra kommunen og pression mod ejerens arbejdsgivere, pression mod erhvervspartnere - og bagtalelse samt angreb gennem et politisk styret mediehus. Listen fortsætter, se eventuelt faktaboksen herunder.

Formålet var at hæmme ytringsfriheden, og alle anklager er i dag afvist, men i mere end et år oplevede ejeren at blive behandlet som en kriminel af myndighederne, sikkert også til dels i lokalområdet og definitivt i Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg. Så snart Peter Erik Hansen havde fået de mange anklager sat i værk, startede en klike af hans nære venner og samarbejdspartnere nemlig en proces, der skulle gøre det muligt at ekskludere ejeren fra klubben. Vi har svært ved at tro, at sammenfaldet af de to hændelsesforløb er tilfældigt.

Den 27. november 2020 henvendte en initiativgruppe bestående af Claus Ewers, Torben Lindvang og Erik Damsgaard sig til bestyrelsen ved formand Allan Schøne (EY Danmark A/S) med anmodning om, at der indkaldtes til en ekstraordinær generalforsamling i Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg. Eneste punkt på dagsordenen var afstemning om en vedtægtsændring, der skulle gøre det muligt at ekskludere et medlem af Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg hvis: ”medlemmet begår strafbart lovbrud eller hvis medlemmet efter bestyrelsens opfattelse på anden vis udviser upassende adfærd i det offentlige rum og beslutning om eksklusion tiltrædes af mindst 2/3 af bestyrelsen.” Anonym afstemning og ude af pressens søgelys Afstemningen skulle være hemmelig, og intet måtte lækkes til pressen. Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg har altid været et venligt og åbent forum, og kravet om mørkelægning kunne lede tankerne hen i retning af hemmelige loger og frimureri.

Samtidig forsøgte man at få manøvren gennemført i en fart, men forsamlingsforbuddet forsinkede processen en smule. Alt tydede på, at man havde noget at skjule. Da det blev muligt at gennemføre generalforsamlingen, blev det en tåkrummende pinlig affære.

Lindvang holdt en velforberedt, nedskrevet og meget følelsesladet 10 - 15 minutter lang enetale, hvor han svinede ejeren til. Han sagde også, at formålet med vedtægtsændringen var, at få ejeren smidt ud af erhvervsklubben - fordi han (ifølge Lindvang) var i gang med intet mindre end et karaktermord på Peter Erik Hansen. Ingen i selskabet kommenterede angrebet.

De kiggede blot ned i gulvet. Forslaget blev vedtaget med 26 stemmer mod 1 (ejerens egen). Ikke en eneste af de øvrige fremmødte medlemmer stemte imod forslaget.

En del medlemmer havde valgt at blive hjemme, sikkert fordi de havde regnet ud, hvad det gik ud på. Peter Erik Hansen var ikke en del af erhvervsklubben, alligevel skrev han allerede dagen efter til ejerens arbejdsgiver, at Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg nu havde taget skridt til at smide ejeren ud af klubben. Han vidste også præcis, hvordan stemmefordelingen havde været. 3-trins plan Her er planen: Peter Erik Hansen anmelder ejeren for kriminalitet - vennerne i erhvervsklubben sørger for at der skabes mulighed for at smide ejeren ud (hvis han rent faktisk bliver dømt) - Peter Erik Hansen meddeler i direkte (hemmelige) mails til CGs arbejdsgiver, at erhvervsklubben nu er i færd med at smide ejeren ud.

Enkel og effektiv. Det er skræmmende, at det i 2021 er muligt at lave en heksejagt af den karakter i en klub, der har begavede medlemmer, som er fremtrædende politikere og erhvervsfolk. Mennesker som repræsenterer tunge private og offentlige virksomheder, der sikkert alle har en velformuleret politik omkring etik, moral og forholdet til ytringsfriheden.

Virksomheder som eksempelvis: Danske Bank A/S, Sydbank A/S, Jyske Bank A/S, Danfoss A/S, Ramboll Group A/S, Broager Sparekasse, EY Danmark A/S, Larsen Strings A/S, Brdr. Ewers A/S, Danimex A/S, Eegholm A/S, Auto Lindvang A/S, OJ Electronics A/S, Home A/S, Swipbox International A/S, Advokathuset Muurholm og mange flere. Desuden rummer klubben adskillige byrådsmedlemmer, et medlem der privat kommer sammen med Kongehuset og et folketingsmedlem (Ellen Trane Nørby (V)).

Også Venstres nye kandidat til byrådet, Kjeld Stærk er medlem af erhvervsklubben. Da partiet Venstre faktisk tilskrives en stor del af æren for, at vi har ytringsfrihed i Danmark, kan det undre, at ingen af de to Venstrepolitikere kom med input i debatten. Alle kunne potentielt have påvirket processen, men valgte at lade være.

Hvad enten man mødte op og tav, eller blev hjemme, samtykkede man jo. Hvem var aktive medspillere? Og hvem fulgte bare med?

Og det allermest interessante spørgsmål: Hvem dikterede holdningen? Peter Erik Hansen? eller nogen højere oppe i fødekæden? Lys på - vi fremlægger al dokumentation Meget tyder på, at disse sikkert velmenende og gode mennesker blev brugt som brikker i en veltilrettelagt plan, som på flere punkter alligevel har slået fejl: Det lykkedes ikke helt at få manøvren i erhvervsklubben sneget under radaren henover jul og nytår 2020/2021.

Derfor blev den synlig for flere. De mange falske anklager mod ejeren er blevet afvist af juristerne, så derfor er der formodentlig ikke et kriminelt medlem i erhvervsklubben? Og hvis der er, er det ikke ejeren.

Hele forsøget på hemmeligholdelse og gennemførelse af anonym afstemning signalerer jo, at det var en sag, man nødig ville have frem i lyset. Det kommer den nu. Historien om hele manøvren bliver (i form af mailkorrespondancen mellem ejeren og bestyrelsen i Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg) dokumenteres på denne side i de kommende dage. (Opslaget har tidligere været bragt på vores Facebook side)

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Is Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg being used in a manoeuvre intended to prevent freedom of expression? During 2020, Venstre politician Peter Erik Hansen from Sønderborg made a series of accusations against the local entrepreneur, the owner. This escalated a conflict that began with the owner’s purchase of Skansegården and continued with Peter Erik Hansen’s, Venstre’s and JydskeVestkysten’s years-long campaign against the owner and Skansegården.

When the owner responded, he faced a barrage of accusations of tax fraud, misuse of municipal press photographs, violation of PEH’s dignity and much more. This resulted in several police reports, approaches from the Prison and Probation Service, threats of restraining orders and injunctions, threats of legal proceedings by the municipality, pressure on the owner’s employers, pressure on business partners, and disparagement and attacks through a politically controlled media company. The list continues; see the fact box below if you wish.

The aim was to restrict freedom of expression, and all the accusations have now been rejected. But for more than a year, the owner experienced being treated as a criminal by the authorities, probably also to some extent in the local community, and definitely in Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg. As soon as Peter Erik Hansen had set the many accusations in motion, a clique of his close friends and business associates began a process intended to make it possible to expel the owner from the club.

We find it difficult to believe that the coincidence of these two sequences of events is accidental. On the 27. November 2020, an initiative group comprising Claus Ewers, Torben Lindvang and Erik Damsgaard contacted the board through chairman Allan Schøne (EY Danmark A/S), requesting that an extraordinary general meeting of Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg be called.

The sole item on the agenda was a vote on an amendment to the rules that would make it possible to expel a member of Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg if ‘the member commits a criminal offence, or if, in the board’s opinion, the member otherwise displays inappropriate behaviour in public, and the decision to expel the member is approved by at least 2/3 of the board.’ An anonymous vote, out of the press’s spotlight. The vote was to be secret, and nothing was to be leaked to the press. Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg has always been a friendly and open forum, and the demand for secrecy might bring to mind secret lodges and freemasonry.

At the same time, an attempt was made to carry out the manoeuvre quickly, but the ban on gatherings delayed the process slightly. Everything suggested that there was something to hide. When it became possible to hold the general meeting, it turned into a cringingly embarrassing affair.

Lindvang delivered a well-prepared, written and very emotional monologue lasting 10 - 15 minutes in which he disparaged the owner. He also said that the purpose of the amendment was to have the owner thrown out of the business club because, according to Lindvang, he was engaged in nothing less than character assassination of Peter Erik Hansen. No one in the gathering commented on the attack.

They simply looked down at the floor. The proposal was adopted by 26 votes to 1, the owner’s own vote. Not a single one of the other members present voted against it.

Some members had chosen to stay home, probably because they had worked out what it was about. Peter Erik Hansen was not a member of the business club. Nevertheless, the very next day he wrote to the owner’s employer that Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg had now taken steps to throw the owner out of the club.

He also knew exactly how the votes had been divided. A 3-step plan. Here is the plan: Peter Erik Hansen reports the owner for criminal activity; friends in the business club ensure that an opportunity is created to throw the owner out if he is actually convicted; Peter Erik Hansen tells the owner’s employer in direct, secret emails that the club is now in the process of expelling the owner.

Simple and effective. It is frightening that, in 2021, a witch-hunt of this kind can be carried out in a club whose intelligent members include prominent politicians and businesspeople. People who represent major private and public companies, all of which presumably have a well-formulated policy on ethics, morals and their relationship with freedom of expression.

Companies such as: Danske Bank A/S, Sydbank A/S, Jyske Bank A/S, Danfoss A/S, Ramboll Group A/S, Broager Sparekasse, EY Danmark A/S, Larsen Strings A/S, Brdr. Ewers A/S, Danimex A/S, Eegholm A/S, Auto Lindvang A/S, OJ Electronics A/S, Home A/S, Swipbox International A/S, Advokathuset Muurholm and many more. The club also includes several city councillors, a member who privately socialises with the Royal Family, and a member of parliament, Ellen Trane Nørby (V).

Venstre’s new candidate for the city council, Kjeld Stærk, is also a member of the business club. Since the Venstre party is actually credited with much of the achievement of freedom of expression in Denmark, it is puzzling that neither of the two Venstre politicians contributed to the debate. Everyone could potentially have influenced the process but chose not to.

Whether they attended and remained silent or stayed home, they were consenting. Who were active participants? And who merely went along?

And the most interesting question of all: who dictated the stance? Peter Erik Hansen? Or someone higher up the food chain?

Light on – we present all the documentation. Much suggests that these presumably well-meaning and good people were used as pieces in a carefully arranged plan that has nevertheless failed in several respects: the manoeuvre in the business club could not quite be slipped under the radar over Christmas and New Year 2020/2021. As a result, more people became aware of it.

The many false accusations against the owner have been rejected by the legal professionals, so presumably there is no criminal member in the business club? And if there is, it is not the owner. The entire attempt at secrecy and holding an anonymous vote signals that this was a matter they were reluctant to bring to light.

It will now be brought to light. The story of the entire manoeuvre, in the form of email correspondence between the owner and the board of Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg, will be documented on this page in the coming days. https://www.sonderborgnyt.dk/tre-personer-i-erhvervsklubben-tager-tilloeb-til-at-medlemmer-kan-smides-ud/ (The post has previously appeared on our Facebook page) Read more here: Also read about the events leading up to the case in Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg here: https://www.facebook.com/DybbolBankeSkansegaarden/posts/1543153719370862 Appendices 1, 2 and 3 – The hunt begins – Claus Ewers, Torben Lindvang and Erik Damsgaard (OJ Electronics A/S) https://www.facebook.com/DybbolBankeSkansegaarden/posts/1544581299228104 Appendices 4 and 5 – Leak to the independent part of the press – Allan Schøne https://www.facebook.com/DybbolBankeSkansegaarden/posts/1545158692503698 Appendix 6 – Open letter to all members https://www.facebook.com/DybbolBankeSkansegaarden/posts/1545180599168174 Appendices 7 and 8 – Incomplete minutes – Claus Plum https://www.facebook.com/DybbolBankeSkansegaarden/posts/1545272949158939 Appendix 9 – Epilogue – Allan Schøne’s – Morten Kjær Hansen https://www.facebook.com/DybbolBankeSkansegaarden/posts/1545639075788993 Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg does not want coverage https://www.facebook.com/DybbolBankeSkansegaarden/posts/1574716496214584

This is an automatic reading translation. The source’s allegations and assessments have not been independently confirmed through translation. Check wording, qualifications and meaning against the preserved Danish original. Some retained numbers may use Danish separators: a dot for thousands and a comma for decimals. Check amounts against the Danish original.

Is Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg being used in a manoeuvre intended to prevent freedom of expression?

Is Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg being used in a manoeuvre intended to prevent freedom of expression? During 2020, Venstre politician Peter Erik Hansen from Sønderborg made a series of accusations against the local entrepreneur, the owner. This escalated a conflict that began with the owner’s purchase of Skansegården and continued with Peter Erik Hansen’s, Venstre’s and JydskeVestkysten’s years-long campaign against the owner and Skansegården.

When the owner responded, he faced a barrage of accusations of tax fraud, misuse of municipal press photographs, violation of PEH’s dignity and much more. This resulted in several police reports, approaches from the Prison and Probation Service, threats of restraining orders and injunctions, threats of legal proceedings by the municipality, pressure on the owner’s employers, pressure on business partners, and disparagement and attacks through a politically controlled media company. The list continues; see the fact box below if you wish.

The aim was to restrict freedom of expression, and all the accusations have now been rejected. But for more than a year, the owner experienced being treated as a criminal by the authorities, probably also to some extent in the local community, and definitely in Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg. As soon as Peter Erik Hansen had set the many accusations in motion, a clique of his close friends and business associates began a process intended to make it possible to expel the owner from the club.

We find it difficult to believe that the coincidence of these two sequences of events is accidental. On 27 November 2020, an initiative group comprising Claus Ewers, Torben Lindvang and Erik Damsgaard contacted the board through chairman Allan Schøne (EY Danmark A/S), requesting that an extraordinary general meeting of Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg be called. The sole item on the agenda was a vote on an amendment to the rules that would make it possible to expel a member of Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg if:
“the member commits a criminal offence, or if, in the board’s opinion, the member otherwise displays inappropriate behaviour in public, and the decision to expel the member is approved by at least 2/3 of the board.”

Peter Erik Hansen.
Photo: Sønderborg Kommune

An anonymous vote, out of the press’s spotlight
The vote was to be secret, and nothing was to be leaked to the press. Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg has always been a friendly and open forum, and the demand for secrecy might bring to mind secret lodges and freemasonry. At the same time, an attempt was made to carry out the manoeuvre quickly, but the ban on gatherings delayed the process slightly.

Everything suggested that there was something to hide. When it became possible to hold the general meeting, it turned into a cringingly embarrassing affair. Lindvang delivered a well-prepared, written and very emotional monologue lasting 10 - 15 minutes in which he disparaged the owner.

He also said that the purpose of the amendment was to have the owner thrown out of the business club because, according to Lindvang, he was engaged in nothing less than character assassination of Peter Erik Hansen. No one in the gathering commented on the attack. They simply looked down at the floor.

The proposal was adopted by 26 votes to 1, the owner’s own vote. Not a single one of the other members present voted against it. Some members had chosen to stay home, probably because they had worked out what it was about.

Peter Erik Hansen was not a member of the business club. Nevertheless, the very next day he wrote to the owner’s employer that Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg had now taken steps to throw the owner out of the club. He also knew exactly how the votes had been divided.

A 3-step plan
Here is the plan: Peter Erik Hansen reports the owner for criminal activity; friends in the business club ensure that an opportunity is created to throw the owner out if he is actually convicted; Peter Erik Hansen tells the owner’s employer in direct, secret emails that the club is now in the process of expelling the owner. Simple and effective. It is frightening that, in 2021, a witch-hunt of this kind can be carried out in a club whose intelligent members include prominent politicians and businesspeople.

People who represent major private and public companies, all of which presumably have a well-formulated policy on ethics, morals and their relationship with freedom of expression. Companies such as:
Danske Bank A/S, Sydbank A/S, Jyske Bank A/S, Danfoss A/S, Ramboll Group A/S, Broager Sparekasse, EY Danmark A/S, Larsen Strings A/S, Brdr. Ewers A/S, Danimex A/S, Eegholm A/S, Auto Lindvang A/S, OJ Electronics A/S, Home A/S, Swipbox International A/S, Advokathuset Muurholm and many more.

The club also includes several municipal councillors, a member who socialises privately with the royal household, and a member of parliament (Ellen Trane Nørby (V)). Venstre’s new municipal council candidate, Kjeld Stærk, is also a member of the business club. Since the Venstre party is actually credited with much of the achievement of freedom of expression in Denmark, it is puzzling that neither of the two Venstre politicians contributed to the debate.

Everyone could potentially have influenced the process but chose not to. Whether they attended and remained silent or stayed home, they were consenting. Who were active participants?

And who merely went along? And the most interesting question of all: who dictated the stance? Peter Erik Hansen?

Or someone higher up the food chain?

Light on – we present all the documentation
Much suggests that these presumably well-meaning and good people were used as pieces in a carefully arranged plan that has nevertheless failed in several respects:
The manoeuvre in the business club could not quite be slipped under the radar over Christmas and New Year 2020/2021. As a result, more people became aware of it. The many false accusations against the owner have been rejected by the legal professionals, so presumably there is no criminal member in the business club?

And if there is, it is not the owner. The entire attempt at secrecy and holding an anonymous vote signals that this was a matter they were reluctant to bring to light. It will now be brought to light.

The story of the entire manoeuvre, in the form of email correspondence between the owner and the board of Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg, will be documented on this page in the coming days.
https://www.sonderborgnyt.dk/tre-personer-i.../
(The post was previously published on our Facebook page)

Read more here:
Appendices 1, 2 and 3 - The manhunt begins - Claus Ewers, Torben Lindvang and Erik Damsgaard (OJ Electronics A/S)
Appendices 4 and 5 - A leak to the independent part of the press - Allan Schøne
Appendix 6 – open letter to all members
Appendices 7 and 8 - Inadequate minutes - Claus Plum
Appendix 9 - epilogue - Allan Schøne's - Morten Kjær Hansen
Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg does not want publicity