Red tapism delays relief for parents

September 1, 2008

K Praveen Kumar

TNN

CHENNAI: Three years after the controversy over illegal adoptions carried out by Malaysian Social Services (MSS), hit the news stands, the story has made it to the headlines again following a recent report by a foreign publication.

The Great Indian adoption racket across four continents

Lakshmy Ramanathan, TNN, Sep 1, 2008, 05.30am IST

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CHENNAI: Seven thirty on a chill February evening: residents of the Pulianthope slum off the Pulianthope high road in North Chennai had gathered outside their shanties to cook their last meal for the day.

Mohammed Adam The Ottawa Citizen Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Nairobi High Court Building is a grand monument to justice, but when Peggy Taillon stepped into Courtroom 33 one fateful February morning, she wondered what kind of justice awaited her.

From: Garnier-Merz [mailto:beagarnier-merz@gmx.de]

Sent: Freitag, 29. August 2008 02:45

To: 'Arun Dohle'

Subject: AW: Mali?

Hallo Arun,

Painful truth about adopted children

August 26, 2008

Siobhain Ryan and Sean Parnell

WHEN Julia Rollings first heard that the orphanage from which she had adopted her son and daughter was embroiled in a child-trafficking scandal, she was faced with a life-changing choice.

She could do nothing, safe in the knowledge that her children, Akil and Sabila, had been declared free for adoption by Indian courts, were Australian citizens and were in a place they called home.

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From: Lynelle Beveridge [mailto:icasn@bigpond.net.au]

Sent: Montag, 25. August 2008 05:14

To: 'Julia Rollings'; 'Ricky Brisson - AFC'; 'Marilyn Nagesh'; 'Gary Banks'; 'Helen Edwards'; 'John Ford'; 'Eun Bryan'; treasurer@aacasa.org.au; 'Aileen Berry'; 'Julie Rankin'; 'Mark Byrne'; 'Mark Stewart'; 'Mahoney Sonya'; 'Marianne Saliba'

Subject: RE: Kids 'kidnapped for Aussie adoption'

I believe we as a Peak Group (and as individual organisations) should be pushing for the Australian Govt to conduct an investigation / full inquiry into these Indian adoptions and ensure that Australian procedures are tightened to prevent adoptions from organisations that have a history of, or any questionable behaviour of child trafficking / stolen children. If the Netherlands can do this, surely the Australian Government can also take some responsible action?

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