Red Tape Rape: The Story of Ki Meekins

This books deals with child abuse in government institutions in South Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. Ki Meekins. The abuse that he had to endure as a child was brutal. He was raped by a foster carer when he was ten years old, but when he reported the incident he was threatened with retribution from government authorities. Ki was regularly 'picked up' from government institutions by paedophiles for weekend outings. Many state wards, some as young as ten, were drugged and raped repeatedly. They became known as the "takeaway children". At 13, Ki was kidnapped and taken to Queensland and abused by a well-known TV personality. For three months Ki was constantly sexually abused. The South Australian Police knew that Ki was in Queensland with his abuser but were not particularly worried because "he (the abuser) was due back soon to face charges of bank robbery". Ki then ran away to Sydney and fell into the dark side of the thriving boy prostitute racket in the notorious Kings Cross. Ki's story is more than the shocking reality of child abuse. This book reveals Ki's inner strength. It tells how Ki spent seven years trying to get justice from the South Australian Government through the court system, and of his passionate pursuit to make governments accountable for their sins of the past and to ensure the heinous crimes he experienced as a child will never happen again.