Claims Japan consulate helps abduct children
Friday, July 15th, 2011STEPHEN LONG: It’s a parent’s nightmare, a couple splits up, and one parent abducts the child or children and flees overseas. There’s been a spate of cases where children have been taken to Japan.
Parents whose kids were taken their without their consent say the Australian Government’s failing to prevent future abductions. They say Japanese consulates are freely issuing new passports to parents who want to abduct children.
Sarah Dingle reports.
SARAH DINGLE: Queensland university lecturer, Matthew Wyman, says about two and a half years ago, his Japanese wife took his two young sons to Japan and never returned. After a long battle, he finally organised a divorce in December last year.
MATTHEW WYMAN: And my ex since then has reneged on all the promises, including changing their names, they now have her name. And the Australian child support are now involved and basically forcing myself, as well as other fathers, to pay child support to a, you know, to the abductors of our children.
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