Sunday, January 3, 2016

# 180 The FCO, having been caught out lying, refuses to communicate with Mr Fletcher any more!

Phillip Hammond
Foreign Secretary
Parliamentary House of Commons
London
SW1A                                                                                                

3rd Jan 2016

Dear Mr Hammond

re The mysterious disappearance and reappearance of Mr David Fletcher’s passport whilst in the possession of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

On 9th Dec 2015, on my blog, I quoted from a letter sent to Mr Fletcher by Sir Simon Mc Donald, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office regarding Mr Fletcher’s passport.

“I am sorry that I am unable to explain what happened to your passport between June 2010 and July 2012, but I welcome the PHSO’s conclusion that, in forwarding your passport to HMPO for cancellation, the FCO acted reasonably and in line with our guidance.”

As I wrote in my blog at the time:

“It is not very reassuring to know, in this ‘Age of Terror’ that Britain’s FCO can simply lose track of a passport in its possession for a period of two years and have no idea how it left the Thai Embassy, where it went and how it was that it came to mysteriously reappear in the Thai Embassy!”  Who was using it and for what purpose? Or had it simply fallen down the back of a couch!?”

Sir Simon was playing fast and loose with the truth; as had several other spin doctors within the FCO this past year – all offering a succession of equally implausible explanations at to what had happened to Mr Fletcher’s passport.

The FCO’s response to having it pointed out that Sir Simon was being parsimonious with the truth is to be found in a letter sent to Mr Fletcher by Ellie Lusty, Joint Head of Consular Assistance Department:

Dear Mr Fletcher
You have been sending repetitive emails from this email address over a number of weeks to consular staff at the British Embassy in Phnom Penh and other public correspondence addresses at the FCO. These concern your complaint about the cancellation of your passport and the apology from Sir Simon MacDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCO. Your complaint has been fully investigated by the Parliamentary and Heath Services Ombudsman (PHSO), who found that it was reasonable for the FCO to have cancelled your passport and return it to HMPO to be destroyed. You also write repeatedly about NGO corruption and the legalities of your case; and have published this correspondence on in an online blog.
Your frequent and repeated emails on this issue are disruptive and prevent consular officials from carrying out their duties. We can help you no further in this regard, so embassy staff in Cambodia and Thailand, and staff at the FCO in London will not respond to further email correspondence from you or your representative.

So, the FCO, having been caught out telling yet another set of lies about the whereabouts and fate of Mr Fletcher’s passport, decides that the best course of action is to cease to have any communication with Mr Fletcher at all.

Can the public in the UK have any confidence that pronouncements issuing from Sir Simon’s mouth and pen, and from other senior bureaucrats within the FCO are factually accurate?





It has been often suggested, by FCO spin doctors trying to give Mr Fletcher the brush-off, that the FCO does not and cannot interfere with judicial processes within Cambodia. There are two points that need to be made in relation to this assertion:

(1)  Neither Mr Fletcher nor myself (as his legally appointed ‘representative’) has ever asked the FCO to do anything other than request that Mr Fletcher be provided with a fair trial.

(2)  In 2010 the FCO most definitely ‘interfered’ with judicial processes within Cambodia (and Thailand) by co-operating in the pursuit and jailing of Mr Fletcher (in Thailand) on the basis of scuttlebutt spread by Scott Neeson and others, knowing full well (through CEOP) that no credible evidence had been uncovered implicating Mr Fletcher in the rape of Yang Dany.



And, since Sept 2010 the FCO (through CEOP) has known that Yang Dany remained a virgin after two ‘brutal’ hour long rapes! And, for the past year you have known, from Yang Dany’s own mouth (before she was spirited away to China; possibly trafficked) that both she and her mother insist that she was not raped.



It was because Mr Fletcher’s passport contained evidence that he was not in Cambodia at the time the alleged rapes occurred, because the FCO had been complicit in his arrest and illegal jailing in Thailand, that his passport had to ‘disappear’. And, when evidence of this began to emerge the FCO has had to think up different explanations to account for this ‘disappearance’.

Mr Hammond, both yourself and Sir Simon have demonstrated your total lack of concern for the welfare of a British citizen who has been denied a fair trial. Rather than deal with the incompetence manifested within the FCO and sack those responsible, you will allow one of your own citizens to die in jail without even requesting of your counterpart in Cambodia that Mr Fletvher be allowed, at the very least, a fair trial.

You are a disgrace, Mr Hammond. And so is Sir Simon and others further down the bureaucratic who have played their role in the denial of natural justice to Mr Fletcher.

My response to Sir Simon’s letter can be found at:


best wishes

James Ricketson




52 comments:

  1. I've said this before and I'll say it again (because you refused to approve the comment last time). Is there not a tiny part of you, James, that suspects that your persistent and hectoring campaign of annoyance to everyone even barely connected to this case may have contributed to the FCO and everyone else refusing to deal with it?

    Anyone else would have a modicum of self awareness about this. You clearly don't.

    Frankly, I think you are quite possibly the reason Fletcher remains in prison.

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    1. Dear Anonymous

      I would love to hear from you what sequence of events might have secured Mr Fletcher’s release from jail if he had not met me and if I had not advocated on his behalf? Mr Fletcher was lost in the system. No-one cared about his fate.No-one knew that Yang Dany remained a virgin after her alleged rapes. No one knew that she denied the rapes had ever occurred. No-one knew that Mr Fletcher was not in the country when the rapes allegedly occurred. No one knew that the FCO had destroyed Mr Fletcher’s passport – knowing that it contained evidence relevant to an court case that might occur. No-one knew that when he left Cambodia the combined investigative efforts of SISHA, CEOP and APLE over a period of two years had come up with no evidence that Mr Fletcher was guilty of either ‘grooming’ or rape.

      So, what sequence of events do you think might have brought these facts to light? What sequence of events would have got Mr Fletcher her to the point he is now at where, in theory at least, he can have his case heard in the Supreme Court?

      As is most often the case with advocacy, it takes time to achieve a result. Sometimes there is no result. That’s life. If, in this instance, Mr Fletcher never receives a fair trial, you will be able to blame me. If, on the other hand, he does one day receive a fair trial, perhaps you will admit that sometimes persistent advocacy pays off. It took me 6 years to get Citipointe church to give up the girls it had removed illegally from their family. These things can take some time.

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    2. I can guarantee you Ricketson that thanks to you, Fletcher isn't being released until he has served his 10 years jail. You have defamed and rubbished so many people that no-one is going to support your bullshit conspiracy. Unfortunately for Fletcher you are a retard and have no concept of reality and his fate is now sealed. Well done Ricketson, great work!

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    3. Dear Team Neeson Troll (aka Anonymous 9.56)

      You can guarantee that Mr Fletcher will serve his entire 10 year sentence, can you? Really? Can you please explain to me, to us, how you can make such a guarantee without being a corrupt individual with access to the levers of power?

      But let's just work on your hypothesis that I have defamed and rubbished so many people; lets just presume that you are right. What does this have to do with whether Mr Fletcher is guilty or innocent of rape? Are you suggesting that Mr Fletcher's incarceration can be justified, in some way, by my having "defamed and rubbished so many people." If so, you have a concept of justice that is quite medieval.

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  2. Does that mean that those of us who have been advocating for your arrest for indecent acts with a minor in south america and europe if we keep on keeping on then we too will be vindicated? and finally the most dangerous pedo of all, james ricketson, will be kept away from innocent children

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    1. James, don't expect much from Team Neeson. They are led by a man who is a lying scoundrel. He takes children from their families. He poses children to raise money. He destroys families. He keeps houses and rents them to the impoverished. He hires a drug dealer and thugs. What could you expect from his team?

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  3. So when/how are they going to explain where Fletcher's passport was for two years when it was supposed to be in the hands of the FCO?
    Appears that they took his passport, he didn't request that they keep it, that means they must take extraordinary care of it! What happened?
    James your explanation appears much more probable than anything that the FCO has offered.

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    1. Dear Anonymous 9.18

      I can't explain where Mr Fletcher's passport was for the two yars it was missing. Nor is it my job to do so. This is a job for the FCO. I suspect that it was sitting in the "David John Fletcher" file within the embassy all the while; that its existence on file was not seen as relevant until the FCO realised that it could be used as evidence of Mr Fletcher's innocence in a trial.

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  4. You keep saying that there is no evidence against Fletcher. I beg to differ. There is a lot of evidence but we are not to going to show you or make it available to the public. Fletchers is convicted and if he gets out of jail and starts to carry on like an idiot, then the evidence will be released and he will find himself back in jail. That goes of you Ricketosn - do you really think that the NGO's haven't got a bag full of tricks ins tore. Don't be so stupid. They are a lot smarter than you give them credit for.

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  5. Rickets you dickhead. A passport is not a right. It is a privilege and that privilege can be taken away by any government any time. The FCO has explained that they destroyed Fletchers passport after he was convicted. Thats legal, its allowed and justified. Its only you in your dream world that think a Government would destroy a passport because of a conspiracy to jail a loser like Fletcher. You are seriously delusional;.

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    1. Anonymous 9:52, 9:56 and 10:02, obviously the same person. Clear thinking is not your strenght. Do you admit that your boss is a liar?

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    2. Of course we know that he is a liar!!

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    3. Who is he? The trouble with you Ricketson followers is that you are not too bright and continue to think that 'we' are all part of a CCF or Scott Neeson collective. Sorry to disappoint you. I dont work for CCF or Neeson. Im totally independent as are many of the posters here who all think Ricketson is a fool.

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    4. Just keep thinking that. Maybe you'll have been believe it. Just like you believe your boss is gifting houses to the impoverished!

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    5. Dear Scott Neeson (aka Anonymous 10.02)

      Again, a comment with your finger prints on it.

      Read the FCO correspondence and you will find that four different explanations have been provided for what happend to Mr Fletcher's passport and why. Two of them are only subtly different but it is clear that the latest FCO spin doctor does not bother to read too carefully what the previous spin doctor has written; has place don file. None of the reason, incidentally, have to do with Mr Fletcher having been found guilty of rape but even if such a preposterous explanation were to be presented it would not pass the pub laugh test given that Mr Fletcher's case has yet to be heard by the Cambodian Supreme Court.

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    6. Dear Anonymous 11.18

      That you and others within Team Neeson think me a fool does not bother me at all. However, if I am such a fool, such a retard, why do you waste your time shooting the messenger? Have you nothing better to do with your time?

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  6. Rickets you are a jealous loser. And you are a cunt. You will regret this blog soon. You will join your pedophile buddy Fletcher in jail. Soon. Come back to Cambodia and you will be arrested at the airport. Dont say I did not warn you.

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  7. Arrested, ha! For exposing the truth about your boss? Sorry that the truth doesn't fit your agenda! It will be wonderful if all of this comes out in major papers!!

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    1. The only thing that will come out in the papers is that 1) Ricketson was arrested 2) that he has a history of defaming people 3) that there have been several Khmer families who have complained about him chastising their children. There will be no paper that will support him, there will be none of his keyboard warrior friends come out publicly and support him (simply because they dont want to be identified), the Australian Government won't support him and he will be jailed.

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    2. What a fool you are!

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  8. Arrested for committing lewd acts with a minor

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    1. I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. Rickets is a creep and the fact that he stalks poor, uneducated Khmer families, all of whom have young daughters, is very concerning. Its no wonder that some of these families have made complaints to the police about his activity.

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    2. Nice try, Scott. This ploy worked with David Fletcher but I doubt that you can pull it off a second time around.

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  9. Dear Scott Neeson

    What a strange man you are! You have been making these kinds of comments (there are a few here, above) for a year now and I wonder what you hope to achieve in doing so? Do you hope that the not-so-thinly-veiled threat contained in them will intimidate me? Make me fearful of returning to Cambodia? If so, it’s not working. I will return to Cambodia soon.

    If, on the other hand, you are in a position to make your thinly veiled threats real, (as was the case with David Fletcher) why do you bother to flag your intentions in advance on this blog? Strategically, this is not a good move. It would make much more sense to keep your plans to yourself and manufacture a scenario for my arrest such that you could say, “James Ricketson’s arrest has nothing to do with me.”

    Quite apart from your absurd threats and allegations what these comments and so many others posted by Team Neeson reveal is (1) Your dogged determination to be answerable to no one, (2) Your hope that is you sling enough mud that some of it will stick and (3) that if you keep shooting the messenger her will eventually die. In fact, what happens when you post these silly comments, is that my page views spike. Each of your comments is worth 50 or more page hits because, I suspect, you inject a little drama into the blog and sometimes (though unintentionally) a little humour also.

    Do keep it up, Scott and Team Neeson, you are doing a great job of shooting yourself in the foot.

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    1. Their insanity is very funny James! What idiots they prove themselves to be! I thought they were just focused on taking children from families and on taking BIG profits from renting Housing to the impoverished!!

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    2. hahaha look at anon 1.45 - you big scary person. So full of bravado whilst you are hiding behind your keyboard. Rickets will be arrested and I will bank my house on it that you, being the fucking coward you are, will scamper back under the rock you crawled out from and not support Ricketson in any way.

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    3. Rickets - the fact that you are responding like this shows that you are afraid of being arrested. You might talk up a big game on this blog but reality is that when you are locked up in Cambodia, which will happen, and no-one is there to help you, you will be crying like the little bitch that you are.

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    4. Gee Anonymous 8:04 and 8:05, I wonder if you are the same person? Ha-ha, you are a laughing stock!

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  10. Taken any children from their families today Team Neeson?

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  11. Hey, let's not beat around the bush here. We all know that Cambodia is one of the most corrupt countries on the planet. If Neeson or Seila want to go after Ricketson they can and will and it might cost them a motza but it will be done. James, you underestimate the evil of those who want to silence you. You are interfering with a multi-million dollar scam and there are lots of Cambodians in high places whose bank accounts will shrink if these scams come to an end. You will just be collateral damage. Be careful. Don't underestimate these guys.

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    1. Exposure of Neeson's scams will be good for who?

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  12. To all the Ricketson morons who responded to my previous comment about the guarantees of Fletcher serving his 10 year jail sentence - I suppose you should now understand that there are some of us that have a better insight into the workings of Cambodia than you do as low paid school teachers. I told so!

    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-more-pardons-big-offenders-officials-pledge

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    1. What does that have to do with a trial for Fletcher? Are you the same loud mouth saying CCF'S donor base was growing?

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    2. "I can guarantee you Ricketson that thanks to you, Fletcher isn't being released until he has served his 10 years jail. You have defamed and rubbished so many people that no-one is going to support your bullshit conspiracy. Unfortunately for Fletcher you are a retard and have no concept of reality and his fate is now sealed. Well done Ricketson, great work! "

      Ha! So Ricketson is so influential that the Prime Minister is changing official policy due to his work. Yeah, quite an insight you have there Sherlock.

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  13. Hey it is 10:00! Now let's take a wild guess, is Neeson's great crime fighter (aka James McCabe), out stealing drugs or is his getting drunk in Lemon's GF's bar?

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    1. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teen-accused-triple-murder

      Probably off working on cases like this.

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    2. More likely drunk!

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    3. Other than speak to his English speaking friends at the Phnom Penh Post, what exactly did he do....nothing!

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    4. Which bar is Lemon's GF's place? I'd like to see it.

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    5. On 136 I think, just look for McCabe in one of the hostess bars.

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    6. No you are. Are you one of Neeson's lackies sucking on the NGO tit?

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    7. No. Just looking for a straight answer. Truth tellers give straight answers. BSers hem&haw. Here is your opportunity to give a straight answer. Which bar is it?

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  14. Its frothy Friday and I just want to say that Ricketson is a complete fucking loser!

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    1. Is that for exposing what a liar, your boss, Scott Neeson is?

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    2. When somebody is so under your skin that you feel compelled to stop your Friday evening to comment on his site, and you do it in a way that makes you look like a foul mouthed drunk, you know who's winning the argument.

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  15. Some photos i found of James while poking around the web.

    http://mh.dagay.com/media/1714752/4bf960237961d.jpg?e=1452275797&s=95f7efb87733fb6dee07963841672c27

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    1. Wow. A drunken, foul-mouthed, homophobic, porn posting defender of CCF, SISHA and APLE. You represent them well. Good work.

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  16. Dear Scott Neeson Troll (aka) Anonymous 8.57

    You do Scott Neeson's cause no favours posting this kind of nonsense.

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  17. I think you must be confused with your messaging Ricketosn, Because today Neeson posted on his Facebook that he has once again 'gifted' a home to a family in the province. So who is telling the truth here. is it you or is it Neeson. The houses are either free to families or they the families have to pay for them.

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    1. I will be responding to Neeson's latest paid for advertisement for himself when time permits. What you read was a 'sponsored' ad.

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  18. It looks like the perverts at SISHA are trying to cause problems for this blog by posting porn. Because it is fairly standard procedure for Victoria cops to plant evidence and stitch up people, to protect yourself and your blog from their depravity and corruption it would probably be best if you switched comments back to needing approval.

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