Cambodian Government Denies Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Adoption Rumors

[geovalin]

If you thought Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's family couldn't possibly get any bigger, you might be right.

Rumors have swirled that Angie and her hubby were planning on adopting another child from Cambodia, but the Cambodian government is denying such plans after first hearing about them on social media.

(Sidebar: At least we know the government is pretty hip with technology!)

"I saw [the news] on Facebook, but actually it's just a rumor," Sao Samphois, a spokesman for the Ministry of Social Affairs' Inter-Country Adoption Administration (ICAA), told the Phnom Penh Post.

Jolie has been in and out of Cambodia directing a new movie adaptation based on the book, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. Given her lengthy amount of time in the country and reports claiming she was planning to adopt, Samphois understood the rumors but was quick to clarify that the Unbroken director never got in touch with the ICAA.

If that weren't enough evidence to show that the Jolie-Pitt brood would remain at a hefty eight, Samphois also emphasized that adoptions between the U.S. and Cambodia have been illegal since 2001 as a result of trafficking concerns.

"The adoption between the two countries is not yet open," Samphois said.

You might be wondering, "What about Maddox? He was adopted in 2002 from Cambodia." Well, that process wasn't so easy for the A-lister. After the process began the U.S. government halted it for a while before finally deeming it legal.

The Mr. and Mrs. Smith stars have six children: Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Knox Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Pax Jolie-Pitt. For now, it looks like it's going to stay that way, but at least we now know that the Cambodian government is incredibly in-tune with its trending topics.

source : http://www.eonline.com/news/731015/cambodian-government-denies-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitt-adoption-says-it-saw-the-news-on-facebook

[shirtless]

Its sad the Government is denying this poor child a chance in life.

[Sheryl]

Actually from the information elsewhere, the child is not an orphan and is living within a large family. A life with more money is not necessarily better especially of getting it means being taken away from your parents and siblings and culture.

The ban on US adoptions from Cambodia was enacted for very good reason. Children were being kidnapped and trafficked for profit. The adoptive parents did not know it, but the "orphan" they adopted usually wasn't.

[bangon04]

Actually from the information elsewhere, the child is not an orphan and is living within a large family. A life with more money is not necessarily better especially of getting it means being taken away from your parents and siblings and culture.

The ban on US adoptions from Cambodia was enacted for very good reason. Children were being kidnapped and trafficked for profit. The adoptive parents did not know it, but the "orphan" they adopted usually wasn't.

so it is not an "Adoption" rumour, it is actually a "Child-Trafficking" rumour.

[MiKT]

Actually from the information elsewhere, the child is not an orphan and is living within a large family. A life with more money is not necessarily better especially of getting it means being taken away from your parents and siblings and culture.

The ban on US adoptions from Cambodia was enacted for very good reason. Children were being kidnapped and trafficked for profit. The adoptive parents did not know it, but the "orphan" they adopted usually wasn't.

so it is not an "Adoption" rumour, it is actually a "Child-Trafficking" rumour.

AJ is apparently has Cambodian citizenship so she can't be trafficking by adopting another Cambodian child, plus she is a major campaigner against trafficking. Somebody has their knickers in a twist.

I think that what she and BP are doing adopting kids is amazing and it certainly seems to be working well for the kids. I am sure that whatever she has in mind for the next adopted child, if there is going to be one, will end up very much to the benefit of the child. I simply don't believe that she is nipping in and snatching a child out of its family. That's quiet preposterous.

What I find incredible is the fantastic talent that this woman has and the energy that she must have to expand to keep up with all the good things that she does.

More power to her and happiness to her family.

..............and curses + worse to all unscrupulous child traffickers.

[timber]

It is difficult to get an education in Cambodia, and it is for sure that if she gets adopted, she will get an University education, so that she can

go back to Cambodia and provide positive things to the Community. In any case she will benefit, and to take this opportunity away is unfortunate.