The Japanese woman, whom the police were looking for, appears to have left the country on Wednesday night together with the alleged Japanese father of thirteen baby carriers. Together they fled to Macau.
The Australian government has asked Thailand to be lenient towards parents involved in commercial surrogacy, which is currently under investigation.
The newspaper now names thirteen babies instead of the nine found on Tuesday in a condominium in Bangkok (along with caretakers and a pregnant woman) and the fourteen that the Japanese lawyer has named.
The Japanese woman was staying in the apartment in question. She allegedly brought three babies out of the country. She was listed as the mother on the children's birth certificates. According to an earlier report, the man has been spotted twice with a baby on Suvarnabhumi.
The police are looking for the surrogate mothers. The case is considered a possible case of human trafficking. On the basis of DNA tests, the police hope to be able to determine who the biological parents are.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is concerned that surrogate mothers who are already pregnant and the foreign biological parents will be arrested. In Nay Pyi Taw, where the foreign ministers of the Asean countries meet, she asked the Thai permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday to be flexible.
Police have announced legal action against at least five hospitals for engaging in commercial surrogacy. Names have not been disclosed. Most of them are private hospitals, the only thing the police want to let loose. An initial investigation has shown that they have done business with the Japanese and his assistant.
(Source: Bangkok Post, August 10, 2014)
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Australian couple refuse Down baby from surrogate mother
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Gammy has a healthy heart, the hospital says
Nine baby carriers found; Japanese would be the father
Ban on commercial surrogacy in the works
Japanese 'father' flees; suspicions of human trafficking
And rightly so there had still been nothing wrong until the scandal surrounding the Australia carrying mother story. Now the junta or temporary government, because that is strict enforcement and that is their right. Thailand, just like in most of the countries in the world, everything goes well as long as it goes well until a major scandal emerges that goes around the world and then suddenly strict enforcement is nothing new under the sun.
Rick, we don't know the whole story yet. Why did she wait so long the baby was already six months.
When, according to her, they were expecting twins, of which 1 child had Down, why did she not respond then. I don't want to clean up the Australian parents. But I do find it a bit fishy. It will all be about money, now I hope she does not manage the money that has come in herself 200.000,00 euros because then it will soon be gone.