Prominent Thai doctor a suspect in case surrounding Chinese surrogacy gang

A prominent Thai doctor is a suspect in a case surrounding a Chinese surrogacy gang, Nation Thailand reported yesterday. This news comes after police raided a five-storey building in Bangkok’s Silom area on Tuesday, and found that a gang of Chinese and Myanmar nationals were holding two Chinese men for ransom.

Police said the two victims were using the building to operate a surrogacy business for Chinese women. The gang had kidnapped them in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district, in the Nong Prue sub-district, on March 20. Seven foreigners, including three Myanmar and four Chinese nationals, were initially charged with immigration offences. A Thai was charged with illegally allowing foreigners to stay in Thailand.

Four suspects surrendered themselves to police, including a prominent Thai physician who is reportedly related to a former Provincial Administration director-general.

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