Surrogacy case tied to Cambodia
Tue, 21 June 2016
Kong Meta and Yesenia Amaro

The latest development in a Thai surrogacy scandal involving a Japanese national has led investigators to Cambodia, where three babies – believed linked to the businessman – were found, an investigation by the Thai Ministry of Justice’s Department of Special Investigations has found.

The department yesterday confirmed a preliminary investigation, first revealed in the Bangkok Post, but declined to provide further comment.

“There are no results to announce soon,” the department said via email.

Mitsukoki Shigeta has previously been alleged to have fathered 13 surrogate babies via women in Thailand, according to the newspaper, which also said it’s believed he left these new three with caregivers in Cambodia...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/s ... d-cambodia

The original scandal broke in 2014: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thail ... ZN20140818

Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates
20 Feb 2018 11:59AM
BANGKOK: A Bangkok court on Tuesday (Feb 20) granted a Japanese man "sole parent" rights to 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers, a ruling that paves the way for him to take custody of the group.

Mitsutoki Shigeta caused a "baby factory" scandal in 2014 after Thai police said DNA samples linked him to nine infants found in a Bangkok apartment, plus at least four other babies born by surrogates.

The murky case threw the spotlight on Thailand's then unregulated rent-a-womb industry, and helped push authorities to bar foreigners from paying for Thai surrogates in 2015.

Shigeta, the son of a Japanese tycoon, left the country in the wake of the scandal but later sued Thailand's Ministry of Social Development and Human Security for custody of the children.

"For the happiness and opportunities which the 13 children will receive from their biological father, who does not have a history of bad behaviour, the court rules that all 13 born from surrogacy to be legal children of the plaintiff," Bangkok's Central Juvenile Court said in a statement.

Shigeta, who did not attend the trial in person, was deemed the "sole parent" of the children after the Thai surrogates had signed away their rights, the court said.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/as ... ai-9973536

^^ Did you read the OP?