Thai police discover 4 more babies fathered by Japanese
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THAI police said yesterday they had found four more babies they suspect were fathered by a Japanese businessman who has fled from Thailand, bringing the total to 13 discovered in Bangkok this week.
Surrogacy scandals have gripped Thailand this week after an international outcry over a Down Syndrome baby left with his Thai birth mother when his Australian biological parents took his twin sister back to Australia.
In a separate case, police raided a condominium in Bangkok on Tuesday and found nine babies, their nannies and a pregnant surrogate mother.
Yesterday, police found four more babies though they did not give any details. “He is the father of 13 surrogate babies and has been traveling in and out of Bangkok many times,” said Police Colonel Napunwut Liamsanguan, referring to the unidentified Japanese man.
The scandals have shone an international spotlight on Thailand’s largely unregulated surrogacy business, prompting authorities to crack down on clinics with inspections.
Liamsanguan said yesterday police raided a clinic in Bangkok believed to have been used for in vitro fertilization for the 13 surrogate babies after being tipped off by one of the surrogate mothers.
The clinic had been vacated and no documents had been left behind, police said.
Thailand has no clear legal framework for surrogacy. Commercial surrogacy is barred by the Medical Council of Thailand’s code of conduct. Surrogacy is permitted for blood relatives of a couple, and exceptions are allowed on a case-by-case basis.
The clinic raided yesterday had a license to perform IVF for surrogacy purposes but the police suspected it had violated the code of conduct.
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