Custody battle: Singaporean returns daughter to Thai ex-wife after alleged abduction

Closed-circuit television footage at Central World mall in Bangkok showed how Mr Keefe Chie had fetched the girl away, while she was with her maternal grandmother. PHOTO: GOOGLE MAPS
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A Singaporean dad, who is in a child custody battle with his Thai former wife, traced his young daughter to a shopping mall in Bangkok and drove off with her.

But the happy reunion for Mr Keefe Chie, 35, was short-lived.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 24, 2020, with the headline Custody battle: Singaporean returns daughter to Thai ex-wife after alleged abduction. Subscribe