{"id":78495,"date":"2014-08-07T08:12:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T08:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=78495"},"modified":"2014-08-07T08:12:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T08:12:04","slug":"australia-authorities-track-down-thai-surrogate-paedophile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2014\/08\/australia-authorities-track-down-thai-surrogate-paedophile\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia authorities track down Thai surrogate &#8216;paedophile&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_78497\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2014\/08\/surrogate-mother.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78497\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2014\/08\/surrogate-mother.jpg\" alt=\"Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua (L) holds her baby Gammy, born with Down Syndrome, at the Samitivej hospital, Sriracha district in Chonburi province on August 4, 2014\/AFP  \" width=\"630\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2014\/08\/surrogate-mother.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2014\/08\/surrogate-mother-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua (L) holds her baby Gammy, born with Down Syndrome, at the Samitivej hospital, Sriracha district in Chonburi province on August 4, 2014\/AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>PERTH, August 7- Australian authorities said Thursday they had finally contacted a man exposed as a convicted paedophile at the centre of a Thai surrogate baby scandal, as his son defended him as a changed man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Child protection officials had been trying to touch base with the man and his wife since Tuesday but visits to their home in Bunbury, south of Perth, went unanswered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The man, 56, sparked global controversy for apparently abandoning his Down&#8217;s syndrome baby boy, Gammy, in Thailand and taking only his healthy twin sister back home, although he and his wife dispute the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>It subsequently emerged that he was convicted in the 1990s on 22 child sex abuse charges involving girls as young as seven, state broadcaster ABC reported.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation was launched this week into the safety and welfare of the twin sister but authorities were unable to find the family.<\/p>\n<p>But Western Australia Child Protection Minister Helen Morton said her department had now made phone contact with the biological parents, who cannot be named for legal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This family needs the opportunity to have the considerations around the safety and well-being of that child undertaken in a really private, comfortable environment for them,&#8221; she told Fairfax Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Morton gave no details about the nature of the discussion or the welfare of the baby girl and said no further comment would be made while an investigation was underway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think that the family deserves the opportunity for privacy and confidentiality,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Thai surrogate mother, Pattaramon Chanbua, has said she was shocked to hear of the child sex convictions and was willing to take back the twin sister &#8212; aged seven months &#8212; if the allegations were true.<\/p>\n<p>The biological father has three adult children and one of them said he was a changed man since spending time in jail for the sex convictions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can tell you how good of a father my dad was towards us. He&#8217;s amazing. He&#8217;s brought the best out of all of us kids,&#8221; the son, who did not want to be named, told Fairfax Media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s just got a massive heart. 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