Dear Foreign
Secretary, Phillip Hammond
The doctors
say that there is a 50% chance that Mr Fletcher will die. I imagine that this
would be an enormous relief to you and to those within the Foreign &
Commonwealth Office who have done all they could to prevent Mr Fletcher from
receiving a fair trial.
On the other
hand, there is a 50% chance that David Fletcher will live - in which case the
question of his right to a fair trial will remain.
You can, of
course, choose to remain silent, to bury your head in the sand, to turn a blind
eye. Alternatively, you could instruct your staff to stop obstructing Mr
Fletcher in his quest for a fair trial and do all they can to facilitate such a
trial.
best wishes
Mr Ang Vong Vathana
Minister of Justice
Samdech Sothearos Road
Sangkat Chaktomouk
Daun Penh
30th March 2015
Dear Mr Ang Vong Vathana
re David John Fletcher
Dear Minister
Further to my two letters to yourself on November
and December 2014, and of Feb 2015.
One week ago, in the depths of despair, English man
David John Fletcher attempted to take his life.
Mr Fletcher, aged 70, had lost all hope that he
would ever receive a fair trial in Cambodia for the offense of rape he was accused
of in 2010 and found guilty of in 2011 in a secret trial.
Mr Fletcher has never once been interviewed by the
police or by an investigating judge. At no time has Mr Fletcher been given the
right, in accordance with the Cambodian Code of Criminal Procedure, to conduct
a defense in court.
The alleged victim, Yang Dany, claims that she was
not raped by Mr Fletcher. The doctor’s report prepared for the court in 2010 also
says that Mr Fletcher did not rape Yang Dany; that she remained a virgin after
the alleged offences.
Mr Fletcher is the victim of an unscrupulous non
government organization by the name of Action Pour les Enfants. This NGO, run
by Thierry Darnaudet, guarantees that it retains a high success rate (and hence
funding from donors and sponsors) by accusing innocent men such as David
Fletcher of sex crimes. Mr Darnaudet himself has been accused of sex crimes but
his case never went to trial.
The doctors at the hospital tell me that Mr
Fletcher, who has been in a coma for a week now, has only a 50% chance of
surviving his suicide attempt. If he does survive I request that you instruct
the relevant authorities to set a trial date for Mr Fletcher at the earliest
possible time so that his guilt or innocence can be determined on the basis of
facts and evidence available to the judges. This right has been denied Mr
Fletcher for close to five years now.
Yours sincerely
James Ricketson
Thanks to google I have come across lots of information about Thierry Darnaudet that will be old new to many but not so old news to others. It is not so much the fact that Darnaudet tried to kill himself that is significant but the circumstances surrounding his attempt and the questions these raise:
ReplyDelete"I am not sure why he would attempt suicide. It is clear that he did make an attempt, no police charges were made (attempting suicide is a criminal offense in India), APLE and Global Humanitaria took no action to get him any help after the suicide attempt and 6 weeks later Thierry was charged in criminal court with beating up a 22 year old woman who came to his NGO to rescue her brother who had been beaten up by staff and others at the NGO.
In my mind the question is why all the NGO and funding groups involved are acting as though nothing has happened. If one of their staff in the west attempted suicide would they give them a week off and then back into the office as though nothing had happened??????"
This is from Khmer440 2007
More from Khmer440:
ReplyDelete"The latest news is that Thierry has again attempted suicide in Puri. Can anyone in Cambodia contact APLE and find out what is going on? We get no useful response from Global Humanitaria who is funding the home in Kolkata that Thierry was running. I would be concerned if he is still "working" in Cambodia after these attempts, especially such a high-stress and danger job as chasing pedophiles."
KOLKATA: A 30-year-old French national, in the city for a global seminar, tried to commit suicide in a five-star hotel on Friday.
ReplyDeleteDarnaudet Thierry checked into the hotel on Wednesday evening, two days ahead of the seminar on ‘global humanity’. He put up a ‘Do not disturb’ sign on the door and bolted it. After that, Thierry neither stepped out nor took any call. Initially, none bothered. But when 24 hours passed without any sign of him, the authorities decided to take a look. They knocked on his door and then tried calling him up through the intercom.
Hotel employees opened the door and found Thierry unconscious on the floor. On the bed was a bottle of wine, strips of sleeping pills and a suicide note in English, said DC (detective department)Ajoy Kumar. "I don’t want to live. My body should be burnt and the ashes thrown into a river," the note said.
Though Thierry is still in ICU, his condition is stable. Police have informed the French Consulate and asked it to inform Thierry’s relatives in France.
Thierry Darnaudet tried to commit suicide in Kolkata Hotel. Did he become a victim of his own system ?
Who knows more about this story and the background of his suicide attempt.
Dear Mr. Ricketson
ReplyDeleteA recent search through several search engines reveals that your blog is having a definete impact on the reputation of Thierry Darnaudet and his Organisation.
Wherever he turns up in the world offering his services as an anti pedophile advisor, as he already claims to be in Nepal, Philippines and India, he will be confronted with this search result.
Google is more compliant with his wishes not to be published and has most of his pictures successfully removed from any search with his name.
If Fletcher dies it will be an enormous relief to the children he preyed on and took advantage of. I can't wait because it will be the end of this blog of dribble and baseless speculation.
ReplyDeleteRicketon - you are a worthless and spineless individual. Is there anyone else in the world that you would like to blame for Fletchers and the other low life cretins that have taken advantage of and sexually abused Cambodia's poor children.
Do you have any evidence that David Fletcher preyed on children?If so, have you given it to the relevant authorities? Or is your presumption that he preyed on children based on what you read on Khmer440 and what Scott Neeson told journalist Andrew Drummond?
DeleteJames, I think you must have exposed some truth about one of this man's gay lovers (Anonymous 9:27) and he doesn't respond kindly to the truth.. Another Cambodian expat with nothing but hate in his heart. You need to be more careful when exposing the truth!
DeleteThe clear message in all of this is dont go to Cambodia and sexually assault children. Don't do anything that involves children that would be questionable. Then APLE and the other NGO's won't have any work to do.
ReplyDeleteYou can't possibly expect me and other good minded people to believe that all of the foreigners that are stating that they were framed for abusing children, were set up by APLE. Give me a break.
To the best of my knowledge no one person posing on this blog has suggested that all foreigners accused of abusing children have been set up by APLE or any other NGO.
DeleteThe fact remains that even in the 'developed' world, with robust and seemingly fair legal systems, mistakes are made and innocent people wind up in jail. You only have to look at the case of Amanda Knox - found guilty of murder in Italy.It took 7 years for her to eventually be found innocent.
I am sure that you, whoever you may be, along with the gentleman above who wishes David Fletcher dead, would wish that someone would keep fighting for your right to a fair trial if it happened that you were in jail and had been denied one.
Well that is a ridiculous argument Ricketson - simply because good people won't be on trial. Sorry to disappoint all the conspiracy theorists on your blog, but even with a backward & archaic (as you say) judicial system like Cambodia, innocent people don't end up being interviewed by the police and prosecuted by the courts. I would expect that even a person with the lowest IQ might warrant Cambodia's judicial system some respect.
DeleteWhat world do you live in Anonymous 12:18? You believe that only guilty people get interviewed by the police and prosecuted by the courts. Just like people that are dead, don't know they are dead. People who are stupid, don't know they are stupid! You clearly qualify!!
DeleteAnonymous 12.18 - What a load of mumbled dribble you just wrote. Just finished your spliff have you? Sounds like you are one of those low life vipers that has been interviewed by police. You fuckwit!
Delete9:37, You sound very naive and narrow minded.
ReplyDeleteNobody claims that ALL arrested foreigners were set up by APLE, but over the years we've collected hard evidence in more than a dozen cases where families of 'victims' were offered compensation, where parents were threatened, children coerced into making false statements, 'victims' and/or their parents say no abuse ever toke place, birth certificates and ages were altered in court documents, APLE claims rape while a doctor says the 'victim' is still a virgin. prosecutors admitting there actually is no evidence, police admitting that they actually did not investigate the case at all or cases where there was strong evidence that accusations came out of revenge.
It's not just the accused claiming they've been set up. It's parents of 'victims' testifying in court that APLE pressured them, offered them compensation and/or took their kids away for months. It's the children that testify in court that they were coerced by either APLE, their own parents or others to falsely testify certain things occurred. It's medical reports stating that a 'victim' of rape is still a virgin. It's original birth certificates and family books that prove the 'victim' was 14 but 18. It's local policemen and court officials that claim (of the record) how APLE manipulates cases. It's the British Embassy stating in one of their reports that APLE is "Not a reliable source of information". And so on, and so on . . .
This has been going on since 2003 ! ! !
Of course you shouldn't believe anyone that claims to be innocent just because they say so, but you should at least admit that APLE's format and modus operandi is open for, let's say, 'intentional irregularities', such as the ones mentioned above, and that there's no way to monitor what APLE actually does behind the scenes.
What do you think happens when, after 2 years of fruitless investigation, there 'unfortunately' (for APLE) are still no real victims, it's almost the end of the year and APLE was only able arrest 8 foreigners that year???
(Sickening idea btw that Seila Samleang's success and career depends on the number of victims of sexual abuse: The more victims -> the more fortune and success for Seila's NGO ! ! !)
What do you think will happen when a staff member of APLE then decides to pay a visit to one of the families and offer $5000 if the family decides to accuse a foreigner of sexual crimes? What do you think the promise of such a high amount does with the minds of people that earn not even $1000 per year?
You can't possibly expect me and other good minded people to believe that APLE is an NGO that genuinely protects children after having learned about the hard evidence that proves the contrary.
Are you a moron or just a delusional nut.
Delete1. Over the years we have collected hard evidence. What is hard evidence? Is that a term that you heard on GI Joe? Put your so called evidence on this forum so we can all see it. Back up your claims of coercion, victim pay offs and threats. It easy to write comments without facts.
2. Police and court officials state that APLE manipulates cases. Well thats why there is a court process where a prosecutor interview victims and witnesses, judges interview victims and witnesses and then we have a trial. If the cases were so manipulated why hasn't anyone from the police or courts stopped the cases? Another baseless accusation.
I won't go on - its obvious by the way you have written your comment that you are a former APLE employee - most likely you were sacked.
You have as much hard evidence as you have hard brains!
1. Please read all 107 entries on this blog. After that, search Google and read all you find with an open and objective mind. (Do you have such a mind?)
Delete2. "...Well thats why there is a court process where a prosecutor interview victims and witnesses . . ."
David Fletcher and Matt Harland didn't get any of that!
3." If the cases were so manipulated why hasn't anyone from the police or courts stopped the cases?"
Please study the James d'Agostino case.
"I won't go on - its obvious by the way you have written your comment that you are a former APLE employee - most likely you were sacked."
Your comment absolutely proves how narrow minded you are!
1. You think everyone that criticizes APLE must be either an ex APLE employee or a pedophile themselves.
2. You probably think that everyone accused of sexual abuse must be guilty, just because good people don't get accused of such crimes, right?
3. You trust the Cambodian judicial system. Hahaha!
4. You trust APLE is a good NGO, just because they say they're protecting children and catch bad guys.
Narrow minded people like yourself are not following this blog to inform yourself or get convinced by anything you read. The existence of people like you gives NGOs like APLE the impunity to do whatever they like.
Do you have any idea of the harm that you're causing in the lives of many, just by being so deliberately ignorant?
1. Please read all 107 entries on this blog. After that, search Google and read all you find with an open and objective mind. (Do you have such a mind?)
ReplyDelete2. "...Well thats why there is a court process where a prosecutor interview victims and witnesses . . ."
David Fletcher and Matt Harland didn't get any of that!
3." If the cases were so manipulated why hasn't anyone from the police or courts stopped the cases?"
Please study the James d'Agostino case.
"I won't go on - its obvious by the way you have written your comment that you are a former APLE employee - most likely you were sacked."
Your comment absolutely proves how narrow minded you are!
1. You think everyone that criticizes APLE must be either an ex APLE employee or a pedophile themselves.
2. You probably think that everyone accused of sexual abuse must be guilty, just because good people don't get accused of such crimes, right?
3. You trust the Cambodian judicial system. Hahaha!
4. You trust APLE is a good NGO, just because they say they're protecting children and catch bad guys.
Narrow minded people like yourself are not following this blog to inform yourself or get convinced by anything you read. The existence of people like you gives NGOs like APLE the impunity to do whatever they like.
Do you have any idea of the harm that you're causing in the lives of many, just by being so deliberately ignorant?
Fletcher didn't get a trial because he fucked off to Thailand like a running rat. Why did he run? because he knew he was guilty. I just bought a box of tissues for you anonymous 7.51. You fucking sook!
ReplyDeleteAnd just for your information - I dont like NGO's or think that they do good work. But there is one thing for sure, I will support them more than the low life vipers that are on this blog and standing up for that cunt Fletcher!
Dear Anonymous 12.08
ReplyDeleteI suspect that you are the same unpleasant person who just comments on a later blog entry - having decided that Fletcher's suicide attempt was a mere theatrical gesture.
I know that facts are not a strong point of your but if you could just stop being angry for a moment and looking for someone upon whom to vent your anger, here are a few facts:
David Fletcher did not 'fuck off' to Thailand. He left in accordance with a plan that pre-dated Andrew Drummond's defamatory article.
Six days after the article, in accordance with this plan, he left Cambodia. He had not been charged with anything. He had not been interviewed by any police so in what sense did he 'fuck off'?
As for the trial itself, Mr Fletcher (in prison in Thailand at the time) was not informed that any trial was taking place, was not invoted to attend, was not able to present a defense and only learned of the outcome two weeks after he had been found guilty in a secret 'trial'
Now, I know that empathy is not a strong point of yours but just try to imagine yourself in Mr Fletcher's situation - close to five years without a trial. You are 70 years old, not in the greatest of health and you would rather not die in jail. So, you decide to die on your own terms. This is what Mr Fletcher did. This is what he tried to do. He failed.
I suspect that there are many reading this who, regardless of what they think of Mr Fletcher, might seriously consider that death on their own terms would be preferable to 109 years in a Cambodian jail.
I just can't wait for Cambodia's Elite who you are continually suggesting are corrupt and fabricating evidence, get sick and tired of your negative bullshit and put you in the same cell with Fletcher. The you can discuss conspiracy stories un-interrupted.
ReplyDeleteCambodia's Elite ? ? ?
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