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Angie - Sydney, Australia |
Thank you for allowing me to add my story to your remarkable site.
I am located in Sydney.
My two son's Roderrick & Benjamin are still retained with their father.
Everyday is a living nightmare.
Here is my story....
I couldn't sleep the night before 11 Feb 2009....
My son's had been overseas since Christmas, their gift's waiting for their little fingers to tear the wrapping from what lay within - the Christmas tree standing light as day as if everything had stood still.
At 4am I rose, had a shower, breakfast & took our dog Binx for a walk. When i got home from the walk I dressed & headed towards the airport. Anxious to see Roderrick & Benjamin, imagining their faces & feeling the warmth of their hugs, the journey seemed longer than what it actually took.
Parking the car my heart began to beat faster & my excitement was unbearable. Running to the terminal I found the perfect pose, so when the boys came down the ramp, my face would be the first they saw.
Waiting there, I was feeling so happy, watching others faces of joy as they met with family / friends who greeted them.
Waiting, I became conscious of the time, they should be coming through any minute now...I stood on my tip toes to see over the people who were walking down the ramp.
The time was 8.45am & still no sign of their little faces, anxiety was dulling my excitement, doubt crept inside my mind, I tried so hard to keep it out! Two Federal Police walked past, I ran to stop them, I began to explain my concerns.
They reached for their notebooks & asked me a string of questions, "What are your son's names? How old are they? What do they look like? Where are they coming from? Did they have Australian passports?"
The interrogation lasted 10 minutes, after they were satisfied they had acquired enough information they told me not to move from where I was & walked up the ramp through to Customs. Please be there, please be there, was all that was going through my mind!
Forty five minutes had lapsed, my legs were weak, I could see them, their faces looking serious.
"Ma'am, your son's were not booked on the flight you gave us".
"No, their Father gave me the details"
 Roderrick and Benjamin
Black dots blurred my vision, tears pooled in my eyes, then streamed down my face. I felt dizzy, I fell to my knees & cried uncontrollably.
I could hear, in the distance, the police asking me, "was there anyone they could call for me?"
"No, there isn't", I sobbed.
Helping me to my feet they guided me outside into the fresh air.
I cleared my senses, thanked them very much, & walked back to the car.
Going into auto pilot, I began to ring the appropriate authorities.
After making over several reports to various Departmental bodies, stressing the fact that I felt my son's were "at risk", I began to realise that there wasn't much they could do to help me because it was out of their jurisdiction!
WHERE IS THE JUSTICE??
By taking Roderrick & Benjamin to the Cook Islands under the pretext of a vacation & keeping them there, without any form of consultation with me or my approval, he has deprived my son's of their relationship with their Sister & Mother.
It would be foolish to ignore the potential harm to my children because of this removal, not only have they been removed from their habitual home, they have ceased all communication with people they had formed a psychological attachment with. I ask this, "where has my son's rights for a relationship with their Mother, being respected?"
"Shouldn't we, as a Nation, weigh this against the continuing detriment of being deprived from our children!"
My children, Roderrick & Benjamin, have been wrongfully retained, by their father, in a country that is not a signatory under the Hague Convention. THEY, have been deprived of their family, friends, schooling, extra curricular activities, they have been moved away from the country they have known & lived in all their lives.
I have been made to feel powerless by my loyal Government, who have simply said, "it's out of our jurisdiction". The Cook Islands is referred to as, "a non Hague case". Hence, the standard for effectively terminating parental rights based on the best interests of the child, must be much higher if the jurisprudence in this area of the law is to make any sense!!
My name is Angelique Koekoe, I am the mother of four beautiful children, Jade, Tiare, Roderrick & Benjamin. My plight - my two son's have been abducted by their father. This is my story, I have published this note for all to see, in the hope that it will create an awareness with other parents & friends.
I pray my son's will not be scarred for life because of this injustice!
Thank you
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