July 29, 2008

Exclusive Brethren accused of kidnapping
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
July 29, 2008

A writ is expected to be filed in the High Court on Wednesday alleging the involvement of the secretive Exclusive Brethren in a variety of crimes, including fraud and kidnapping.

Three sisters, from India, who say they are on the run from the religious sect, allege they can link it to numerous crimes.

The women also allege the Exclusive Brethren is involved in money laundering, immigration fraud in New Zealand and bribery of police and members of the judiciary in India.

“We’ve got 3,000 pages of evidence … and now we’re going to expose this whole thing,” one of the sisters told reporters in Canberra.

They said they feared for their lives and did not wish to be identified until after the legal action is taken.

They say they will file a “writ of mandamus” in Canberra.

Sydney Morning Herald - Exclusive Brethren accused of kidnapping

WRIT OF MANDAMUS - The name of a writ, the principal word of which when the proceedings were in Latin, was mandamus, we command.

It is a command issuing in the name of the sovereign authority from a superior court having jurisdiction, and is directed to some person, corporation, or, inferior court, within the jurisdiction of such superior court, requiring them to do some particular thing therein specified, which appertains to their office and duty, and which the superior court has previously determined, or at least supposes to be consonant to right and justice.