In a 16th Jan 2015 letter sent to
Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond in relation to the mysterious disappearance
and reappearance of Mr Fletcher’s passport I made reference to what was going
on as being “worthy of a Jeffrey Archer or John le Carre novel.”
I was not far wrong.
The problem with liars, in both detective
thrillers and in real life, is that they all too often forget which lie they
have already told. In the case of the FCO the latest spin doctor brought in to
explain what happened to Mr Fletcher’s passport does not bother to look back through the FCO
files and make sure that the latest version of ‘the truth’ does not contradict
earlier versions!
So it is with Mr Fletcher’s passport.
Three different versions of what happened to the
passport had been presented this past year. Then, a few weeks ago, a fourth
appeared - in the form of a letter from Sir Simon Mc Donald KCMG KCVO,
Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office:
“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.”
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!?
There is a problem with Sir
Simon’s letter, however. He is being disingenuous at best and parsimonious with
the truth at least!
FCO documents that make it quite clear that Mr Fletcher’s
passport was in the British Embassy’s possession on 28th July 2010.
An extract from one such document reads:
28th July 2010
“Will take a/n’s passport to the IDC tomorrow so that he can draw his money from
the Western Union. Once we get hold on that amount the deportation will be in
place. I am trying to find out about the flight cost and its availability and
it is likely to be early next week.”
So, at least one month after Sir Simon claims the FCO
lost track of Mr Fletcher’s passport it was still in the FCO’s possession.
Let’s give Sir Simon the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps what
he meant to write was “between July 2010
and July 2012”, not “between June 2010
and July 2012”.
A typographical error!
But then there is another FCO document, dated 23rd May 2011, in which the
following is to be found:
23rd May 2011
“I told Mr Fletcher that we were now holding his
passport…”
Another typographical error?
How many typographical errors should we allow Sir Simon, Permanent
Under-Secretary of State?
With the aplomb of Sir Humphrey, having presented lie # 4
relating to Mr Fletcher’s passport, Sir Simon announces:
“I am satisfied
that this issue has now been concluded.”
It has not been concluded, Sir Simon. You need to present
Mr Fletcher with version # 5 of what happened to his passport – the truthful
version.
You cannot and will not do this, of course, because you,
Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond, two Ambassadors (Thailand and Cambodia) Ross
Allen and many others within FCO involved with this cover up would have a lot
of egg on your collective faces if the truth were to emerge. Better to let Mr
Fletcher die in jail without the benefit of a fair trial than to have a trial
in which it becomes pubic knowledge that the FCO destroyed evidence relevant to
Mr Fletcher’s defense and then told a
series of lies to account for the mysterious disappearance and reappearance of
the defendant’s passport.
As for Sir Simon’s declaration that “FCO staff will of
course continue to provide consular assistance to you,” this is laughable on
many counts. Quite apart from the destruction of Mr Fletcher’s passport, the
FCO has placed every obstacle it could in the way of Mr Fletcher being provided
with a fair trial.
Liars have great difficulty in remembering what they said. Clearly this is what is happening as they do not want to say that they hid evidence that David was not in Cambodia during the time he is accused of raping the virgin Yang Dany! Criminal charges should be placed against the British Embassy. They are an EMBARRASSMENT!
ReplyDeleteYes, Sir Simon Mc Donald, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office conducting an investigation into the FCO is like the police investigating the police. The question of what happened to Mr Fletcher's passport should be placed in the hands of a completely independent body or the police. Even if the FCO had not destroyed evidence Mr Fletcher needed for his defence the police should be investigating the 2 year disappearance of Mr Fletcher's passport. Was it used by terrorists? Drug smugglers? How can the FCO misplace a passport for 2 years? Is no record kept of the movement of passports in and out of embassies?
DeleteNo shortage of liars at the FCO, is there?
ReplyDeleteI have sent to following to Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond:
ReplyDeleteDear Mr Hammond
Sir Simon Mc Donald, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office plays fast and loose with the truth.
How many different versions of the mysterious disappearance and reappearance of Mr Fletcher's passport will you, as Foreign Secretary, countenance before you put this matter in the hands of the police?
Surely the fact that the FCO did not know, for two years, the whereabouts of a British passport in its possession, is at the very least incompetence of the worst and most dangerous kind? One would like to think that lies told about the fate of this passport by FCO staff would be a matter of concern to you? It seems not.
http://cambodia440.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/173-what-happened-to-mr-fletchers.html
If the FCO contemplates presenting Mr Fletcher with version # 5 of what happened to his passport perhaps you should assign the task to someone who is capable of telling the truth; someone you instruct to tell the truth.
best wishes
James Ricketson
Your conspiracy theories are a joke Rickets. You need to see a shrink and get your head read
ReplyDeleteIs there any evidence Mr Ricketson of collusion between Action Pour les Enfants and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office regarding Mr Fletcher's passport?
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous 12.32
DeleteThere is no conclusive evidence of collusion between the FCO and APLE, but consider the following:
-The British Embassies in Cambodia and Thailand colluded with Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) to arrange for the arrest of Mr Fletcher in Thailand in June 2010.
-Scott Neeson was in communication with the British Embassy in Phnom Penh regarding Mr Fletcher – despite this being a breach of FCO regulations.
-Action Pour les Enfants had been working with SISHA, APLE and CEOP for a period of two years in hopes of finding evidence in support of Scott Neeson’s allegation that “Fletcher devotes his time to grooming young girls.
-Naly Pilorge was one of the founders of APLE, a friend of Thierry Darnaudet’s and, through LICADHO, worked alongside Darnaudet and Samleang Seila on various cases involving allegations of sexual abuse of Cambodian children by foreigners.
-At the time that Mr Fletcher left Cambodia in late June 2010 all of the above knew that no evidence had been found implicating him in either rape or ‘grooming’. They all knew that he was being held in prison in Thailand on no charges but at the request of Cambodian authorities.
-All of the above knew that it took 17 days before Yang Dany accused Mr Fletcher of rape and so set in motion the sequence of events that led to his receiving a 10 year jail sentence.
They probably did NOT all know that during that 17 days a $30,000 ‘inducement’ was offered to Yang Dany and her mother, Sekun. They did all know, however, by September 2010 that the doctor’s report had declared Yang Dany to be a virgin.
-When the dates of the alleged rapes (March 2009) were made known David Fletcher insisted that he was not in the country at the time. (Thierry Darnaudet had intimated that Mr Fletcher had not met Yang Dany until 2010 and one would like to think he was right given that he and APLE had had Mr Fletcher under surveillance for 2 years.)
-A trial was held in secret and, when Mr Fletcher began to make it clear that he wished to appeal the verdict of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court his passport was cancelled and destroyed by ‘mistake’.
- From a Cambodia Daily article in Nov 2014, as Samleang Seila successfully blocked Mr Fletcher’s request for a ‘re-trial’:
"Pressed for a more detailed explanation of the disputed testimony that led to Mr Fletcher's conviction, Mr Seila said the time had passed for such questions.
'It is too late for that. This hearing is a matter of law, not a matter of facts. He missed the deadline.'"
Mr Samleang Seila made it clear that he ws not interested in facts at all - especially if those facts (like Yang Dany's intact hymen) reveal that the accused in innocent. Mr Samleang Seila's primary concern is not with facts, with evidence, but with 'deadlines'; with the fact that certain documents of Mr Fletchers arrived at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court late.
The dots can be connected here in a variety of ways. I’ll leave readers to arrive their own conclusions as to who might have colluded with whom.
Your days are numbered Ricketson. I am not kidding. I was at the courts today. Aple and ccf are going to go you and you deserve what happens to you you useless loser cunt
ReplyDeleteWhat a fu**ing loser you are Anonymous 2:13! You have been saying this for months and you can't find your ass with both hands! Give it up.
DeleteHey loser, is your name Alen Lemon?
DeleteOur anonymous retard seems to spend an awful lot time at court. His claim that both aple and the ccf are after ricketson sounds like another illusion of a drugged/intoxicated nothing that seeks attention. Perhaps next time he should not go to court but a mental institution instead.
DeleteIn case of a real defamation case the media will have it's ball. This blog is testimony to an unbelievable amount of unanswered questions the entire NGO Sector refuses to answer. Instead they celebrate privacy and attack the government on a daily base.
Once the real defamation case gets rolling journalists of all colors will once again decend on cambodia and visit the dump (ccf's playground), meet tim huon and samleang seila and tour Phnom Penh's streets at night, visit Angkor Wat and do things all major western media outlets have done for decades. At the end Cambodia will once again be dragged into the mud and painted as a hell on earth. Who cares about the real issue here in giving one man a fair trial ? This is about money and not justice.
Dear Anonymous 2.13
ReplyDeleteIf Samleang Seila and Scott Neeson wish to sue me for defamation I wish they would go ahead and do it and stop sending trolls such as yourself to keep warning me of my impending doom. I would be happy to meet either of them in an open court and challenge the honesty and integrity of both. It is not going to happen because both APLE and CCF operate in a cloud of secrecy, the only information about their activities available for public consumption what they generate themselves. Bot NGOs would wilt under the harsh light of media glare should the media ever take a close look at what they do – as would be the case if there were open court proceedings. They will avoid such proceedings like the plague and rely on public relations and naive unquestioning sponsors and donors to keep the money flowing into their bank accounts.
Dont act dumber than you are Ricketson. I sent you the court order so dont pretend you dont know what is going on.
Deletei reckon thats why rickety cricket did a runner back to OZ
Delete"Dont act dumber than you are Ricketson. I sent you the court order so dont pretend you dont know what is going on."
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So the Cambodian Court now delivers summon orders via retarded anonymous bloggers ? Haha, try again when you are sober. Is it possible that this court order was for yourself
Dear Anonymous 2.00
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what the document you sent me is in reference to. It is in Khmer and it is out of focus. Your "your days are numbered" did not induce me to take it seriously.
Even if I were in Cambodia and document was in focus I would not waste money having it translated without having some idea of what it was about. If you wish to send me a translation, please do.