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Japanese man given sole custody of 13 surrogate children by Thai court
Source: Agence France-Presse
Japanese man given sole custody of 13 surrogate children by Thai court
Agence France-Presse in Bangkok
Tue 20 Feb 2018 07.53 GMT
A wealthy Japanese man has been granted sole parent rights to 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers, in a court ruling that paves the way for him to take them in Japan.
Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, became the centre of a “baby factory” scandal in 2014 after Thai police linked him via DNA to nine infants found under the care of 24-hour nannies in a luxury Bangkok apartment.
The children were estimated to be between two weeks and two years old at the time and have since been cared for by the Thai state, while another four were later deemed also to have been fathered by him.
The extraordinary discovery threw a spotlight on the kingdom’s then-unregulated “rent-a-womb” industry, prompting authorities to bar foreigners in 2015 from paying for Thai surrogates.
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Agence France-Presse in Bangkok
Tue 20 Feb 2018 07.53 GMT
A wealthy Japanese man has been granted sole parent rights to 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers, in a court ruling that paves the way for him to take them in Japan.
Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, became the centre of a “baby factory” scandal in 2014 after Thai police linked him via DNA to nine infants found under the care of 24-hour nannies in a luxury Bangkok apartment.
The children were estimated to be between two weeks and two years old at the time and have since been cared for by the Thai state, while another four were later deemed also to have been fathered by him.
The extraordinary discovery threw a spotlight on the kingdom’s then-unregulated “rent-a-womb” industry, prompting authorities to bar foreigners in 2015 from paying for Thai surrogates.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/20/japanese-man-custody-13-surrogate-children-thai-court
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Source: BBC
Mitsutoki Shigeta: 'Baby factory' dad wins paternity rights
20 February 2018
A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers.
The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of the children.
The son of a wealthy entrepreneur, he caused controversy in 2014 when he was revealed to have fathered 16 babies via surrogates in Thailand.
His so-called "baby factory" case and others led to Thailand banning commercial surrogacy for foreigners.
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20 February 2018
A Bangkok court has awarded paternity rights to a Japanese man over 13 babies he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers.
The ruling allows Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, to pursue custody of the children.
The son of a wealthy entrepreneur, he caused controversy in 2014 when he was revealed to have fathered 16 babies via surrogates in Thailand.
His so-called "baby factory" case and others led to Thailand banning commercial surrogacy for foreigners.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43123658