How did Chanti's plea for short term help segue into Citipointe's decision to label Rosa and Chita as 'victims of Human Trafficking'?

Leigh Ramsay

322 Wecker Road

Carindale

QLD 4152

31^st March 2013

Dear Leigh

You and Pastor Brian Mulheran continue to insist, when asked, that Rosa and Chita, the two eldest daughters of Chanti and Chhork, are ‘victims of Human Trafficking.” You know this is not the case.

Below, yet again, is a pretty good translation of the ‘contract’ that Citipointe got Chanti and her mother to sign with their thumb prints on 31^st July 2008. There are many observations that can be made about this ‘contract’ (most notably that it carries no legal weight at all) but what I am interested in here is how Citipointe managed to segue from this ‘contract’ (a plea for help) to the church’s 2013 assertion, repeated ad nauseum, that Rosa and Chita are ‘victims of Human Trafficking’?

KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA

Nation Religion King

name: YEM CHANTHY, age 21, and name: CHAB VANNA, age 52, job: morning glory seller, address: along the riverfront street, Central market.

TO

Director of CT Point International Rescue and Care Organization

Objective: request for my child or grandchild, name: CHANTHY ROZA, sex: female, age: 6 and name: CHANTHY CHEATA, sex: female, age:3 to stay in the center of CT Point International Rescue and Care Organization.

As mentioned in the objective, we, both are mother and grandmother of the above two children, would like to inform the Director that: nowadays, we have no house, living along the street and have no job and cannot provide enough food for feeding the two children. Moreover, we would like the two children to have safe shelter and get enough food, as well as education.

As mentioned, please the Director permits our two children to live in the care center by favor.

Please the Director receives the great respect from us.

Phnom Penh, Date: July 31, 2008

Mother's thumbprint            Grandmother's thumbprint

You will not, of course, either respond to this letter or provide an answer to my question. And neither do Chab Dai, LICADHO or any other organization in Cambodia seem to think it important that Citipointe provide an explanation (backed by legal documents) as to how a plea for short term help segued into the total removal of Rosa and Chita from their family on the grounds that they were/are ‘victims of Human Trafficking.

best wishes

James Ricketson