Baby Gammy’s Mum Forced to Leave Him as She Flees From Loan Sharks

A Thai mother was forced to leave her two-year-old son with Down Syndrome as she flees from loan sharks who ‘threatened her with bodily harm.’

Mum Pattaramon ‘Goy’ Chanbua, who was hired as a surrogate by an Australian couple to carry baby Gammy and his twin sister Pipah, told The Daily Telegraph that she and her husband, Nid, recently borrowed almost $1,900 (50,000 baht) to buy a truck but have been unable to pay the interest. “The interest is 10 per cent per month, we can’t afford to pay it. They have threatened me with bodily harm,” Ms Chanbua said.

Ms Chanbua, who is in her early 20s, made news two years ago when she claimed that the Australian couple who hired her, David and Wendy Farnell, left Gammy who was disabled, but took his twin sister back to Australia.

She said that Gammy is living with her mother, Pichaya Nathonghchai, and her two other young children, at their home two hours outside of Bangkok, as she and her husband move again to an industrial town looking for work to pay off the debt.

She also said that it has been two months since she has seen her children, including her six-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter, and she is uncertain when she is going to be able to go back home.

The Daily Telegraph reported that charity donations totalling about $235,000 helped pay for the new three bed-room home Ms Chanbua’s mother and children are staying in and she receives an ongoing $530 a month from Hands Across The Water, an Australian charity, to pay for Gammy’s medical expenses.

Earlier this year, a court found that Mr and Ms Farnell did not abandon Gammy in Thailand after finding out about his disability, and allowed the couple to keep Pipah. WA Family Court chief judge Stephen Thackray said in his ruling in April that the couple had reason to believe Ms Chanbua and her husband had wanted Gammy.

He also said expert evidence indicated that there was a low risk of Mr Farnell, who is a convicted sex offender, abusing Pipah despite him previously being jailed in 1997 for indecently dealing with three girls.

Judge Thackray later revealed that the couple had lied about the identity of the egg donor for the twins.

In a sworn affidavit, the couple claimed David was the sperm donor and Wendy was the egg donor, and that the embryos had been sent from Perth to Thailand.

The omission could lead to a maximum 14 years in jail for the couple.

Source: Dailymail.co.uk