- Olympic champion makes confession in BBC documentary
- ‘The real story is I was born in Somaliland as Hussein Abdi Kahin’
Sir Mo Farah has revealed that he was illegally trafficked into Britain under the name of another child as a nine-year-old and forced into domestic servitude.
The four-time Olympic champion had previously claimed he had left Somalia aged eight to join his father, after his parents made the agonising decision to send three of their six children to London for the chance of a better life.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul/11/sir-mo-farah-i-was-brought-into-the-uk-illegally-using-another-childs-name under the title “Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using another child’s name”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
