THAILAND:A Canadian schoolteacher suspected of sexually abusing young boys across southeast Asia was seized by Thai police yesterday after an international manhunt.
Following a tip-off, Christopher Paul Neil (32), allegedly seen in 200 images posted on websites abusing boys as young as six, was arrested at a house he rented with a Thai boyfriend in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima.
Thai police drove him the 150 miles to Bangkok and paraded him at a press conference, where he sat impassively in wrap-around sunglasses.
Officers said he would be charged with molesting underage boys, and faced 20 years' imprisonment.
Mr Neil said nothing when arrested except to confirm his name and ask for a lawyer. "The suspect was quiet," said Lieut Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, of the Thai police.
