Following Sir Mo Farah's revelation about being smuggled into the UK, a male relative of the woman accused of keeping the athlete as a 'child slave' has denied that he was ever trafficked.
The Team GB athlete, 39, revealed in his new BBC documentary that he was born Hussein Abdi Kahin in Somaliland, and that he is an illegal immigrant, smuggled into the UK by traffickers when he was nine.
Mo assumed the name of another child, after his father was killed in the civil war in his homeplace.
In the harrowing documentary, called, The Real Mo Farah, Mo revealed that he was brought to the UK under a false identity to work as a servant.
The much-loved athlete told that he was brought to the UK using false documents to work in domestic servitude for a family with younger children - and the woman who brought him here, in 1993, pretended to be his mum.
Sir Mo explained that when he arrived to the UK, the woman 'destroyed' the contact details he had for the only relative of his in the UK, and it was then he knew he was 'in trouble' as she continued to threaten him to stop him telling anyone the truth.
Sir Mo said: "If I wanted food in my mouth my job was to look after those kids, shower them, cook for them, clean for them, and she said, ‘If you ever wanna see your family again, don’t say anything’.
"Often I would just lock myself in the bathroom and cry."
Now, a relative of the woman - who denied all requests to appear in the documentary - has denied that Mo was ever illegally smuggled into the UK.
The unnamed man told the Daily Telegraph that it was 'not true' that Sir Mo was trafficked as he said: "In Somaliland there's nothing called trafficking or child abuse or stuff like that."
It comes as Mo admitted that he is 'relieved' that the Home Office has no plans to take action against him after his shocking revelation.
Mo was able to obtain UK citizenship via his school PE teacher Alan Watkinson, while still using the name Mohamed Farah.
While the UK Home Office has the power to legally strip individuals of their British citizenship if it is found to have been obtained illegally, they issued a statement on Tuesday insisting no action 'whatsoever' would be taken against the athlete.
A Home Office spokesperson told the Mirror on Tuesday: “No action whatsoever will be taken against Sir Mo and to suggest otherwise is wrong.”
Meanwhile, the couple accused of trafficking Mo could face a police investigation.
The Met Police said in a statement: "We are aware of reports in the media concerning Sir Mo Farah.
"No reports have been made to the MPS (the Metropolitan Police Service ) at this time.
"Specialist officers are currently assessing the available information."
Mo says he lied about his past to protect himself, adding he has only now realised it is OK to reveal the truth.
Following the shock announcement, he also said he is 'really proud' of the documentary, which enabled him to 'address and learn more' about his past and his journey to Britain.
* The Real Mo Farah, BBC1, 9pm, Wednesday 13 July.
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