'I've lost my daddy' : Keigo Sato

Japanese newsmen have travelled to Wat Tha Luang in Phichit's Muang district to cover nineyearold Keigo Sato's search for his Japanese father, Katzumi.

The journalists are from the Nishi Nippon Shimbun daily and TV Asahi, says Phichit Governor Somchai Hatayatanti.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has contacted the Thai embassies in Tokyo and Osaka in an effort to find out whether Katzumi passed through immigration control there nine years ago.

Her Majesty concerned

Keigo is continuing to sell fish food to merit makers at the temple's pier to finance his return to school on Monday. He took time out yesterday to make merit for Her Majesty the Queen, who has shown concern for the boy after he lost his Thai mother following a long battle with disease.

The story of Keigo's quest to find his father by showing his photograph to Japanese visitors at the temple has made the headlines and brought donations pouring in.

So far, Bt140,000 has been collected.