{
  "id": 1896428,
  "title": "Police expand alleged ‘ghost father’ network probe; Chinese couple stopped en route to Australia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/police-expand-alleged-ghost-father-network-probe-chinese-couple",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:17:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Khaosod English",
    "slug": "khaosod-english",
    "url": "https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2026/08/19/police-expand-alleged-ghost-father-network-probe-chinese-couple-stopped-en-route-to-australia/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BANGKOK — 19 August 2026, immigration police have expanded an investigation into an alleged “ghost father” network accused of falsely registering Chinese children as Thai nationals, with four people facing legal action in connection with two families. The case centres on Thai men allegedly being named as fathers on birth certificates despite DNA evidence indicating […] The post Police expand…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}