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Pedophile Suspect Busted

Thai police arrest Canadian schoolteacher accused of sexually abusing young boys

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 19, 2007 6:23 AM CDT

(Newser) – The worldwide Interpol hunt for a Canadian schoolteacher accused of sexually abusing young boys in Asia has ended: Thai police this morning caught up with Christopher Paul Neil in northeastern Thailand. "Bingo! We've got him," said a local police chief after arresting Neil, 32, in his rented room, the Toronto Star reports.

The unprecedented search for Neil began when German police unscrambled digitally swirled Internet images of him allegedly abusing boys in Vietnam and Cambodia. Neil fled South Korea, where he taught English, and was hiding in Thailand in the company of a Thai man believed to have helped procure young boys for him, police said. Canadian authorities said they will seek his extradition.

Thai police Maj. Gen. Wimol Pao-in, commander of the Crime against Children and Women Division, shows the photocopy of the head shots of suspected Canadian pedophile Christopher Paul Neil during a news... (Associated Press)

School officers lock a door while media gather at the Kwangju Foreign School in Gwangju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. The institution's obscure existence ended late last week,... (Associated Press)

A reporter holds a picture believed to be Christopher Paul Neil, the 32-year-old Canadian who Interpol alleges he abused young boys, at the Kwangju Foreign School in Gwangju, south of Seoul, South Korea,... (Associated Press)

In this photo provided by the Thai immigration authorities, and released by Interpol in Paris, Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, a suspected pedophile is seen in a picture taken by Thai immigration authorities following... (Associated Press)

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