LIAM SHIRATORI PAUL BROWN WAS BORN IN BRISBANE AUSTRALIA ON OCTOBER 19 2002. HIS PARENTS WERE AUSTRALIAN PAUL BROWN AND JAPANESE TOMIKO SHIRATORI TOMIKO FORCED PAUL TO LEAVE JUST 2 MONTHS AFTER HE WAS BORN

WITH THE ASSISTENCE OF MANY OF HER FRIENDS AND SOME HIGH RANKING LOCAL LEADERS OF HER CHURCH TOMIKO TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO TAKE LIAM TO JAPAN AWAY FROM HIS FATHER AND FALSLY ACCUSED HIS FATHER OF ABUSE THEY FOUGHT IN THE AUSTRALIAN COURTS FOR CUSTODY. PAUL WANTED SHARED CUSTODY, TOMIKO WANTED TO TAKE LIAM BACK TO JAPAN AWAY FROM HIS FATHER FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS THEY BATTLED IN COURT WHILE HAVING SHARED ACCESS. EVENTUALLY THE COURTS RULED TOMIKO COULD ONLY TAKE LIAM TO JAPAN FOR A ONE MONTH VACATION IN JULY 2005.SHE NEVER RETURNED. SO THAT PAUL WOULD HAVE A BACK UP PLAN JUST IN CASE THEY DIDN’T RETURN THE COURT ORDERED TOMIKO TO LEAVE A $10,000 SECURITY DEPOSIT. SHE FORGED PAULS SIGNATURE AND CLOSED THEIR JOINT BANK ACCOUNT KEEPING THE MONEY. SO PAUL WAS LEFT WITH NOTHING BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXTRADITION AGREEMENT (HAGUE CONVENTION) BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN THE AUSTRALIAN COURTS (WHO ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN) ARE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING. THE FRIENDS WHO HELPED TOMIKO TAKE LIAM AWAY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN JAPAN BUT REFUSE TO GIVE INFORMATION. THERE IS NO LEGAL WAY TO MAKE THEM REVEAL LIAMS WHEREABOUTS.

LIAM LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH PAUL THEY HAVE NOT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR 6 YEARS. PAUL HAS TRIED EVERY LEGAL, GOVERNMENT AND DIPLOMATIC AVENUE HE CAN BUT NO ONE HE CAN FIND IS WILLING TO HELP, AT LEAST NOT WITHOUT HIM BEING ABLE TO PAY A LOT OF MONEY

THIS FACEBOOK GROUP IS TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP. PLEASE FORWARD IT TO EVERY ONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW ANY ONE IN JAPAN AND INVITE PEOPLE TO JOIN.

TOMIKO SHIRATORI WAS BORN IN KUMAMOTO JAPAN ON JULY 6 1971. SHE GREW UP IN TOKYO. SHE HAS A MOTHER SHOKO SHIRATORI WHO WOULD NOW BE IN HER 60'S AND A SISTER JUNKO WHO IS AROUND 40 YEARS OF AGE. THE LAST KNOWN LOCATION THAT TOMIKO LIVED WITH LIAM WAS WITH HER MOTHER AND SISTER IN AIOI, SAGAMIHARA CITY NEAR TOKYO. SHE HAS EXTENDED FAMILY IN KUMAMOTO, FUKUOKA, OITA AND NAGASAKI. I BELIEVE SHE IS STILL SOMEWHERE IN THE TOKYO AREA, BUT MAY BE IN KUMAMOTO. SHE WAS A DEVOUT MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS (MORMONS) AND ATTENDED THE SAGAMIHARA WARD OF THE MACHIDA STAKE. I DO NOT KNOW IF SHE IS STILL AFFILLIATED WITH THIS RELIGION. THE LAST OCCUPATION THAT I KNOW OF HER HAVING WAS IN 2002 WHEN SHE WORKED FOR THE CHURCHES ADMIN OFFICES IN TOKYO. AS MOST OF HER FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES WHERE ALSO MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH IT IS LIKELY THAT SOMEONE IN THAT AREA MAY KNOW OF HER OR HER WHEREABOUTS. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AFTER SHE ABDUCTED LIAM BUT NONE WHERE WILLING TO SHARE ANY IMFORMATION WITH ME, OR WERE UNAWARE OF HER LOCATION. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT DESPITE NOT BEING A MORMON MYSELF I IN NO WAY HOLD THE CHURCH ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF HER ACTIONS OR THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS WITH HER, IT WAS JUST CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS OF THIS CHURCH THAT HELPED HER. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED THE JAPANESE EMBASSEY IN AUSTRALIA WHO WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE HER. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOINED THIS GROUP EITHER LIVE IN OR KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREAS I'VE MENTIONED, SO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE OF ASSISTANCE IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

FINALLY I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I HAVE NO INTENTION OF 'STEALING' LIAM BACK OR DOING TO HIM WHAT TOMIKO DID. MY ONLY GOAL FOR SETTING UP THIS GROUP AND CONTINUING MY SEARCH FOR LIAM IS PURELY TO RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH HIM AND BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF HIS LIFE. AND ALSO TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW BOTH OF THEIR PARENTS AND DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHO THEY WANT TO BE WITH OR WHAT SORT OF RELATIONSHIP THEY WANT TO HAVE WITH THEIR PARENTS. LIAM WAS TOO YOUNG TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS, AND I BELIEVE HE WILL ULTIMATELY SUFFER MOST AS A CONSEQUENCE.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. IT IS GREAT TO KNOW THAT SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD CARE.

THIS GROUP HAS BEEN CREATED BY PAUL TO HELP RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH LIAM AND ALSO TO RAISE AWARENESS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION. EVERY YEAR HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ARE ABDUCTED BY A PARENT TO JAPAN, AND SINCE THE END OF WWII NO ABDUCTED CHILD HAS EVER BEEN RETURNED.

READ THE LINKS AND INFORMATION, JOIN THE DISCUSSIONS. HATE SPEECH OR ATTACKS ON AN INDIVIDUAL/GROUP WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND REPORTED ACCORDINGLY. THE THINGS I POST ABOUT MY STORY ARE TRUE.

THIS GROUP IS ABOUT SPREADING AWARENESS AND CALLING ON JAPAN TO SIGN THE HAGUE CONVENTION AND HELP ABDUCTED CHILDREN BE REUNITED WITH THEIR LEFT BEHIND PARENTS.

TO CONTACT PAUL DIRECTLY EMAIL TO helppaulfindliam@hotmail.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON JAPANESE CHILD ABDUCTION I RECCOMEND THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES:

www.awac.asn.au

www.crnjapan.net

www.crcjapan.com

www.bachome.org