BANGKOK: Thai police said they have questioned five women who were paid up to US$12,500 (RM39,502) each by a Japanese man known to them as “Jack” to act as surrogate mothers.
The baffling case, which emerged after nine babies were found with nannies in a Bangkok condominium, has triggered a human trafficking probe and intensified the focus on the kingdom’s murky surrogacy industry.
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