Leigh Ramsay
322 Wecker Road
Carindale
QLD 4152 3rd Dec. 2013
Dear Leigh
Following on from my letter of 29th
Nov.
Chanti and Chhork have signed
their official complaint and it will, in the next day or two, be presented to
the court. In brief, the document accuses Citipointe of having illegally
detained Rosa and Chita since 26th July 2012. The person named in
the document as Citipointe’s representative is
Nicole Roberts.
As you know, Chanti and Chhork
have been asking for the return of their daughters for five years now – as my
many letters to you and my blog bear witness. However, it will be much easier
to prove the illegality of Citipointe’s actions in reference to the document
presented to the church in July 2012, signed by Chanti and Chhork’s village
chief – Y Noeng. You have a copy of this legal request in Khmer but, in the
interests of transparency, here it is in English, appended below:
Given that Citipointe is
determined to retain custody of Rosa and Chita regardless of either Cambodian
law or Chanti’s and Chhork’s wishes or human rights, I imagine that the
church’s next move will be to shift responsibility for its refusal to return
the girls as requested to either the Ministry of Social Affairs or to the ‘Anti
Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department’. Either or both will then
be obliged by the court to present whatever evidence they have in support of
the proposition that Rosa and Chita should not be returned to their parents.
As you know, or as Citipointe’s
lawyer must have pointed out to you, even a second contract between Chanti,
Chhork and Citipointe (kept secret this past five years!) does not give the
church the right to hold Rosa and Chita contrary to their parents’ wishes.
In relation to the so-called
‘investigation’ conducted by the ‘Anti Human Trafficking and Juvenile
Protection Department’, even if there had been one in which actual evidence
played a role, this was not commenced (at my request) until May this year – ten
months after Chanti and Chhork’s Village Chief’s request for the girls to be
returned. What reason will Citipointe present to the court for its refusal to
respond to Mr Y Noeng during this 10 months?
The Ministry of Social Affairs
seems to have no interest whatsoever in this matter as the Minister has never
once responded to any correspondence from myself or Chanti. Given how often
Citipointe shifts the goalposts this could change, of course, when Citipointe
realizes that that the ‘Anti Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection
Department’ is not going to provide the church with the cover it requires
without opening up a veritable hornet’s nest of questions.
You have treated Chanti and her
family with contempt this past five and a half years Leigh. You have not
provided her with one dollar in assistance, have not offered any help even when
she was sick and, earlier this year, had pneumonia when 8 months pregnant.
Instead, you have exploited her labour by paying her 25 cents for a product
your church sells for $3 and by raising money from donors and sponsors by
presenting Rosa and Chita to the world as ‘victims of human trafficking’.
I look forward, in court, to
hearing what justification Citipointe chooses to present for the illegal detention
of Rosa and Chita.
best wishes
James Ricketson
Kingdom
of Cambodia
Nation
Religion King
efg
REQUEST FOR CHILD CUSTODY
We, BUN CHHAK, male, aged 27; and the wife YEM CHANTHY,
aged 26, currently residing at Rented House No. 619G, Group 4, Samaki Village,
Sangkat Russey Keo, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh, who are the parents of the two
children: PHUN ROSA, female, aged 10; and PHUN CHITA, female, aged 8
Respectfully
submit to
CITIPOINTE
Organization
Subject : we would like to have custody of the
above-named girls
We, the parents of the two girls, would like the
CITIPOINTE Organization to give us the custody of the two girls, so that they
can come back to live together with their parents.
Therefore, CITIPOINTE, please make a
favorable decision.
I wish everyone in CITIPOINTE good
health and long-term success.
Have
seen and certified that
the
thumbprint on the right side has truly been affixed by BUN CHHAK, the father,
and YEM CHANTHY, the mother.
Date: 26
July 2012
Chief of Samaki Village
(Signed)
Y NOENG
|
Date: 26
July 2012
Right
Thumbprints of the Parents
Father Mother
(Thumb printed) (Thumb printed)
BUN CHHAK YEM CHANTHY
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