Cambodia - Sea Visoth / Khmer American Orphans Association case
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Sea VisothChanthea Chea was solicited to give up her baby, she allowed him to be taken for a medical exam, but he was not returned, and she was coerced into signing papers to relinquish him to an orphanage, but not for adoption. The next day she tried to re-take custody of her child, and was denied. The child was found in custody of KAOA with false paperwork, and was in the final stages of being issued an adoption visa.
2 more women were were solicited to surrender their children to an "organization for widows and orphans". All 3 women were given passport style photos when they asked for information about their children. Courts awarded custody of the children to the mothers.
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Few babies 'abandoned' since moratorium: orphanages | 2002 Aug 2 |
| Treasured or Traded? | 2002 Jun 22 |
| Where Do Babies Come From? | 2002 Jun 16 |
| Cambodia suspends all US adoptions | 2002 Feb 1 |
| ABUSES RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PROCESS IN CAMBODIA | 2002 Jan 1 |
| Adoptions 'like selling goods' - Foreign Minister | 2001 Dec 7 |
| 'Orphan' babies reunited with their mothers | 2001 Dec 7 |
| ANA Sea Visoth Cambodia program | |
| Photo of Sea Visoth in front of Kien Klaing orphanage |