Foreigners donated eggs for surrogacy

[Lite Beer]

Foreigners donated eggs for surrogacy
Kittipong Maneerit,
Opas Boonlom
The Sunday Nation

BANGKOK: -- Police officials to travel to Cambodia following invitation from adviser of man under investigation

The eggs used in the artificial fertilisation of 21 surrogacy babies, said to be fathered by a Japanese man, all came from foreign women of different nationalities, a police investigation has found.

The egg donors were Swedish, Spanish, Malaysian, Brazilian, Australian, Israeli, Chinese and American, a police source familiar with the ongoing investigation said yesterday.

Of the 21 babies, 12 are male and nine female. They were all born at Bangkok hospitals.

Nine of the babies were born from eggs donated by Spanish women, three of them from Israeli women, two each from Swedish, Brazilian, and Australian women, and one each from Malaysian, Chinese and American women, according to the source who requested anonymity. It remained unclear how many foreign women donated their eggs to be used in the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) process or whether any of the women involved had donated more than one egg.

The sperm for the 21 babies were said to come from a Japanese man named Mitsutoki Shigeta, who is wanted by the authorities in connection with surrogacy services. He left the country earlier this month.

According to Immigration Depart-ment records, Shigeta has travelled to Thailand 40 times and on several occasions he left the country with children.

Officials will soon travel to Cambodia after an adviser to the Japanese man invited them to see how well four children apparently fathered by the man are being raised in Cambodia, The Japan Times reported yesterday. Shigeta's adviser had sent police photographs of the children in Cambodia showing they are in good health, according to assistant national police chief Kokiat Wongworachart, who referred to Shigeta's adviser as his "coordinator". Thai authorities need to check on them in person, Kokiat said at a news conference in Bangkok.

Metropolitan Police deputy chief Chayuth Thanataweerat urged the Japanese businessman to meet with Thai officials to prove he is the father of all the children and to tell officials why he wants to father so many children.

Meanwhile, a senior official of the Social Development and Human Security Ministry said the ministry has provided guardianship for 12 babies, but no decision has been taken on what will eventually happen to them.

Kokiat said if the father wants to claim the 12 babies he will need to meet Thailand's legal requirements to do so.

In a related development, senior Supreme Court judge Sri-amporn Salikupt yesterday voiced support for the proposed law on surrogacy.

He said it was time for Thailand to have such a law in order to prevent illegal or commercial surrogacy services.

He said the law should require formation of an official committee to screen applications for surrogacy services, plus background checks about the physical and mental health of the sperm and egg donors.

He said the law should not limit surrogacy mothers to be only women from the same family as married couple seeking to have babies through artificial fertilisation. He said such a restriction would force couples to seek illegal surrogacy services, as it would be more difficult to find women relatives physically and mentally ready to become surrogate mothers.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Foreigners-donated-eggs-for-surrogacy-30241088.html

-- The Nation 2014-08-17

[chooka]

Well that clears Thailand then. These bloody foreigners tarnishing Thailand's outstanding reputation.

[NongKhaiKid]

The BIB want to know why the Japanese ' businessman ' wants to father so many children, it wouldn't have anything to do with money would it ?

[Payboy]

He said it was time for Thailand to have such a law in order to prevent illegal or commercial surrogacy services.

Bad publicity, always a good time to make good announcements.

[Pib]

Basically this is baby farming...and what really happens to the product (ie., the baby) after leaving the farm is unknown--could be good; could be bad. I don't think Thailand wants to be a baby farm for exports....gives "Made in Thailand" a whole new meaning.

[hanuman2543]

Seems that Thais are only competitive in shady businesses like drugs, human trafficking, slave labor and now IVF. When most of the eggs came from foreign women then the doctors involved knew very well that they provided illegal services. But TiT, money talks and everything is up for sale, especially moral values.

[Thai at Heart]

Why is there such a huge amount of foreign women donating in Thailand? Or did the agencies buy the eggs in?

What a truly Frankenstein type of industry where eggs and sperm are reduced to a tradeable commodity. And so typical for Thailand, a country of outstanding morals to be at the middle of it.

[than]

During years some politics close eyes about this problem........ perhaps these politics had profits with this smelly industry

[ggt]

It is just an insecure Japanese business man...wanting to father many children...in hopes that one make take care of him in his old age...

[Tokay]

This is business. That's all.

I've been asked a few times over the years to impregnate a few Thai women (yes, I'm just that handsome ), all of whom wanted a mixed baby. I declined, but the bottom line is, people want babies and are willing to pay for them.

Is it morally right? Assuming the babies are not all just being used for stem cells, I don't see any issues with it. No better or worse than a baby born in Thailand or anywhere to dead beat parents. It's a roll of the dice no matter what.

[timmyp]

God, I am loving this freaky story at every turn.

The guy wanted to have 1000 babies! Surely it was to build his own storm trooper army... He's got 21 babies so far, and I am impressed.

This twisted billionaire should definitely have to foot the bill for all of these kid's education, and whatever compensation the courts demand for his bizarre experiment. Meanwhile, the Japanese government should give him some kind of recognition for trying to do something about their declining population.

[dieter1]

all this manipulating of human (and not human!) reproduction is inevitable (!) leading to very serious evil results.

I predict ( I could bet my ass), we will hear much more like this in the future. this is just the top of a (vast growing) iceberg.

I can nearly hear these children crying for their "mothers" and fathers when they get older .... Who will answer them ?

At least, all these "doctors" and other people making profits in this business should pay for these poor creations/human beings (costs of upbringing, costs of education ...)

We will get to know a lot more depressing informations about this business soon

Edited August 17, 2014 by dieter1

[Loles]

Crazy world with sick people. That's all.