Bangkok Post
Fake paternity filings prompt hospital probe
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Public Health Minister Pattana Promphat has ordered a thorough investigation into private hospitals believed linked to fake paternity registrations, following reports that the scheme might date back more than two decades.
Key facts
- In one case uncovered this week , a Thai man who is now 27 years old was said to have been been registered at birth as being the child of a Chinese woman and a Thai man
- Public Health Minister Pattana Promphat has ordered a thorough investigation into private hospitals believed linked to fake paternity registrations, following reports that the scheme might date back more than two decades.
- The cases dated from 2017 to 2020 and involved people connected to the same group of officials previously arrested, he said.
- In a related development, Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the latest checks of district office records on Tuesday had identified more than 40 cases linked to false paternity information.
Summary
In one case uncovered this week , a Thai man who is now 27 years old was said to have been been registered at birth as being the child of a Chinese woman and a Thai man. The latter reportedly said he was paid 5,000 for the use of his name at the time.
If the registration is found to have been unlawful, legal action will follow, Mr Pattana said on Wednesday.