Sex abuse charge for father of Thai surrogate twins

An Australian man has been charged with sexually abusing twins he fathered with a Thai surrogate when they were aged under 10, according to ABC News.

The man, who cannot be identified, has been charged with indecent dealings of a sexual nature with the twins and possessing child abuse material which was discovered after a raid on his property.

The man denies all of the allegations against him, the report said.

Australian child welfare authorities are now looking into sending the children back to Thailand to be with their surrogate and biological mother.

However, the twins "consider themselves to be fully Australian" and "don't know that they are half Thai or have any connection to Thailand", Childline Thailand's Ilya Smirnoff told the website.

He added that paedophiles were "abusing" the surrogacy system in Thailand. The country is currently working on new laws banning commercial surrogacy.