Leigh
Ramsay
322
Wecker Road
Carindale
QLD
4152
13th.
March 2013
Dear
Leigh
Pastor Mulheran and yourself have
declined my repeated invitations to present me with instances in which I have
made factually incorrect statements in any of my letters and emails or on my
blog.
You and Pastor Mulheran have declined
my invitation to be interviewed for CHANTI’S WORLD so that Citipoint’s
perspective vis a vis the church’s ongoing custody of Rosa and Srey Mal can be
presented in my documentary.
Pastor Mulheran and yourself have
refused Chanti’s many requests, made over a period of four years, that she be provided with copies of any
contracts or agreements that Citipointe has entered into with Cambodia's Ministries of
Foreign and Social Affairs that give the church the legal right to retain custody of the
girls against ther express wishes of their parents.
Chanti has again requested that I ask
you to return Rosa and Srey Mal to her care by Friday or be provided with a
reason why, in writing, they cannot or will not be.
If Rosa and Chita have not been
returned to the care of their family by Friday 15th March I will be writing to the
Minister of Social Affairs with a request that Rebecca Brewer and yourself be
charged with the unlawful removal of Rosa and Chita from the legal custody of
their parents in August 2008 in accordance with Cambodia's:
Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual
Exploitation
Article
8:Definition of Unlawful Removal
The act of unlawful removal
in this act shall mean to:
1)
Remove a person from his/her current place of residence to a place under
the actor’s or a third persons control by means of force, threat, deception,
abuse of power or enticement, or
2) Without
legal authority or any other legal justification to do so to take a minor
person under general custody or curatoship or legal custody away
from the legal custody of the parents, care taker or guardian.
Article 9:
Unlawful removal, inter alia, of Minor
A person who
unlawfully removes a minor or a
person under general custody or curatorship or legal custody shall
be punished with imprisonment for 2 to 5 years.
If the Minister declines to
investigate this matter and/or insist that Chanti be provided with copies of any
and all legal documents relating to the removal of her children from the
family's care in 2008 I will write to Australia’s Attorney General, The Hon
Mark Dreyfus QC MP, requesting that an investigation be conducted by the
Australian Federal Police into the illegal removal of Rosa and Chita from their
family in 2008. The relevant law is:
Crimes Legislation Amendment
(Slavery, Slavery‑like Conditions and People Trafficking) Bill 2012
Division 270—Slavery
and slavery‑like
conditions
270.1A
Definitions for Division 270
In
this Division:
coercion includes coercion by any of the following:
(a) force;
(b) duress;
(c) detention;
(d) psychological oppression;
(e) abuse of power;
(f) taking advantage of a person’s vulnerability.
On the basis of the information I
have at my disposal I believe that Citipointe is guilty of (c) detention, (d)
psychological oppression, (d) abuse of power and (f) taking advantage of a
person’s vulnerability.
Regardless of the outcome of either
of these two legal initiatives I believe that there are strong grounds for the
Ministry of Social Affairs to close Citipointe's She Rescue Home and for the girls
within it to be placed in the care of organizations committed to
helping disadvantaged girls within the context of family and community care and
not in an institution in which a deliberate attempt is made to alienate the
girls from their family, community, religion and culture.
best wishes
James Ricketson
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