Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
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Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
Australian Blogger Convicted of Defaming Anti-Pedophile NGO
by Colin Meyn | February 9, 2017
An Australian blogger was found guilty of defaming an anti-pedophile group over accusations that it had manipulated witnesses, paid bribes to influence the courts and knowingly put innocent men behind bars, the organization said in a statement on Wednesday.
James Ricketson, 67, a documentary filmmaker and prolific blogger who has taken on a number of child protection groups for alleged corruption, said he was not aware of the case until he was emailed a statement about the verdict released by Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), the group that sued him.
In its statement, APLE said the Phnom Penh Municipal Court held a trial on December 5 and found Mr. Ricketson guilty of defamation 10 days later, fining him 5 million riel, or about $1,250, and ordering him to pay 10 million riel, or about $2,500, in compensation.
“In many of his blog posts between 2014 and 2015, Ricketson repeatedly wrote to accuse APLE Cambodia of putting innocent men behind bars in order to raise funds with the impressive arrest and conviction rate; buying judges to deliver the verdicts in any direction APLE wants; being a corrupt NGO with no respect for Cambodian law or for the legal and human rights of innocent men; and manipulating witnesses and the courts to secure the outcome APLE desires,” the statement says.
The group’s director, Samleang Seila, is quoted as saying that he is “delighted to have our names and reputation cleared by the justice decision,”
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aust ... go-124822/
by Colin Meyn | February 9, 2017
An Australian blogger was found guilty of defaming an anti-pedophile group over accusations that it had manipulated witnesses, paid bribes to influence the courts and knowingly put innocent men behind bars, the organization said in a statement on Wednesday.
James Ricketson, 67, a documentary filmmaker and prolific blogger who has taken on a number of child protection groups for alleged corruption, said he was not aware of the case until he was emailed a statement about the verdict released by Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), the group that sued him.
In its statement, APLE said the Phnom Penh Municipal Court held a trial on December 5 and found Mr. Ricketson guilty of defamation 10 days later, fining him 5 million riel, or about $1,250, and ordering him to pay 10 million riel, or about $2,500, in compensation.
“In many of his blog posts between 2014 and 2015, Ricketson repeatedly wrote to accuse APLE Cambodia of putting innocent men behind bars in order to raise funds with the impressive arrest and conviction rate; buying judges to deliver the verdicts in any direction APLE wants; being a corrupt NGO with no respect for Cambodian law or for the legal and human rights of innocent men; and manipulating witnesses and the courts to secure the outcome APLE desires,” the statement says.
The group’s director, Samleang Seila, is quoted as saying that he is “delighted to have our names and reputation cleared by the justice decision,”
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https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/aust ... go-124822/
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Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
What are they going to do, apply to have him extradited? Do the defamation laws here cover foreigners making statements on foreign hosted servers?
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Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
They don't need to, he lives on st 136.cptrelentless wrote:What are they going to do, apply to have him extradited?
Silence, exile, and cunning.
Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
" James Ricketson, 67, a documentary filmmaker and prolific blogger who has taken on a number of child protection groups for alleged corruption, said he was not aware of the case until he was emailed a statement about the verdict released by Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), the group that sued him."
it sounds like he was not even given the opportunity to defend himself if he didn't know about the case until after the verdict
is he entitled to appeal?
it sounds like he was not even given the opportunity to defend himself if he didn't know about the case until after the verdict
is he entitled to appeal?
Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
Does he give a fuk? What ye say Jimmy? Do you give fuk?
With convictions of serious crimes going unnoticed for years is it even worth a note in history?
With convictions of serious crimes going unnoticed for years is it even worth a note in history?
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Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
Ricketson's reply on his blog yesterday, 8 Feburary 2017 :
https://cambodia440.blogspot.com.au/Seila Samleang of APLE has no respect for facts but if the reader has an interest in facts (as opposed to what is to be found in APLE press releases!) they are to be found below, under ADDENDUM # 1… APLE did not want me to be in court for the simple reason that Seila Samleang knew that I could prove this last statement (and many like it) to be false. The last thing APLE wanted was for evidence to be presented to the court that was at variance to the ‘fake facts’ it was presenting...
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Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
If he does live in Cambodia then I do find it extremely weird that they didn't inform him of the case and give him a chance to show up to court. I guess that's what the law was designed for anyways: a way for connected people and organizations to attack people who say anything bad about you. I would have way more respect for APLE had they gone through a fair trial. Instead of proving that Ricketson is a weird freak and put the matter at rest, they only add fuel to his fire.
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Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
Fuel to the fire? I think APLE has just proved Ricketson's blog to be true. Will that change anything in the KOW? Not a chance.
Re: Australian James Ricketson convicted of defaming APLE.
it doesn't sound like the defamation laws in Cambodia are taken as seriously as they are in Thailand. In Thailand it's considered a crimenewkidontheblock wrote:Fuel to the fire? I think APLE has just proved Ricketson's blog to be true. Will that change anything in the KOW? Not a chance.
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