The four-time Olympian told a BBC documentary that he was brought to London by a stranger with an assumed name after fleeing war in Somalia aged nine. Scotland Yard detectives are now likely to question a married Farah couple accused of forcing him to cook, clean and look after him, the Daily Telegraph reported. He claimed he was told he would never see his family again if he told anyone the truth. The documentary, The Real Mo Farah, also revealed that his name is actually Hussein Abdi Kahin. A Met spokesman said: “We are aware of reports in the media about Sir Mo Farah. At the moment there have been no reports to PMS. “Special officers have launched an investigation and are currently assessing the information available.” The athlete had previously claimed to have left Somalia at the age of eight to join his father after his parents sent three of their six children to London for a chance at a better life. Farah said his real father, Abdi, died in the Somali civil war before his mother sent him to live with his family in Djibouti. It was then taken to the UK by a woman. When he arrived in Britain, Farah claimed he lived with a married couple who treated him badly. His PE teacher at school, Alan Watkinson, rescued him and also helped him apply for British citizenship using his assumed name. In the documentary, the athlete reveals that the name Mohamed Farah was stolen from another child and used to create a fake passport. “Most people know me as Mo Farah, but that’s not my name or that’s not the reality,” he said. “The real story is that I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia, as Hussein Abdi Kahin. Despite what I’ve said before, my parents never lived in the UK.’ He decided to go public with the truth about his past after being encouraged to do so by his children. “Family means everything to me and, you know, as a parent, you always teach your kids to be honest, but I feel like I’ve always had this private thing where I could never be me and say what really happened,” she said. . “I’ve been holding it in for so long, it’s been hard because you don’t want to face it and often my kids ask me questions, ‘Dad, how does this happen?’ And you always have an answer for everything, but you don’t have an answer for this.” Olympian Mo Farah shares harrowing experience of domestic slavery – video The Home Office has confirmed it will face no repercussions following the documentary. “No action will be taken against Sir Mo and to suggest otherwise is wrong,” a spokesman said. Farah is also believed to be in regular contact with his real mother, Aisha, and his siblings in Somaliland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia.
