He's been arrested.
From bangkokpost.com
The Canadian schoolteacher, who became the world's most wanted suspected pedophile was arrested by police Friday in Nakhon Ratchasima Friday.
The suspect, Christopher Paul Neil, will be brought to Bangkok later today.
The arrest came a few days after the suspect's image was splashed across media reports around the world.
Interpol released images of the alleged child molester, which were taken from Internet pictures that had masked the suspect behind a digitally created swirl.
Interpol investigators were able to use new technology to alter the image to allegedly resemble the original images, which they then released to the international media.
Thai police issued an arrest warrant on him on Thursday for kidnapping, illegal detention, and of molesting a 13-year-old Thai boy, four years ago.
Interpol tracked him from South Korea where he was an ESL teacher in Kwangju Foreign School. It asked cooperation from Thai police after he arrived at Bangkok this month.
Western media reported that Neil worked as a chaplain from 1998 to 2000 at an air cadet summer training centre in Nova Scotia and that his duties included spiritually advising children ages 12 to 18. No complaints were brought to commanding officers about Neil at the time.
Police allege the suspect has been going around the world preying on young boys and taking pictures of his encounters.
They allege he would then post the images on the Internet after digitally altering his face. Police have about 200 photos of a man with a dozen boys posted on the Internet in 2004, but likely taken in 2002 and 2003.
Interpol believes the photos were taken in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Fellow ESL teachers told Associated Presse that Neil made frequent postings to a popular online forum called Dave's ESL Caf้ under the pseudonym "Peter Jackson."
More than 300 postings under the name Peter Jackson were erased shortly before his disappearance, the Associated Press reported.
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Doh! Sorry, the above report was The Nation. This is the Bangkok Post:
A Canadian paedophile suspect who was the target of a vigorous international hunt has been arrested in Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand, 210 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, according to the local Interpol representative Friday.
The fugitive, Christopher Paul Neil, 32, a wandering English teacher, has been the focus of investigations on several continents after German police "uncoiled" his digitalling altered internet photographs that showed him abusing many young boys in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Interpol issued an unprecedented global appeal for help in identifying and tracing the suspect on Oct 8.
The Thai police issued an arrest warrant Thursday after a Thai boy came forward to accuse the Canadian of paying for oral sex.
"We've got him. I can't give you more details right now. We will be bringing him to Bangkok," said Lt. Col Apichart Suriboonya, a Thai official working for Interpol in Bangkok.
Neil fled a teaching post in South Korea last week after Interpol issued a red alert, its highest search signal, for him. He faces up to 20 years in jail in Thailand if convicted of abusing minors.
Canada also has laws allowing it to punish paedophiles for their activities in third countries.
Former colleagues have regaled reporters with evidence of an "unassuming character" who was a "diligent teacher."
But writings attributed to him on facebook and elsewhere show evidence of an arrogant character who offered advice about cleaning a computer of "dangerous" photographs and how to avoid character checks when applying for teaching jobs.
At least two young Thais said Neil abused them and paid them money after luring them to an apartment he used to rent in Bangkok several years ago, according to the Thai police.
The German police started investigating his activities when they discovered three years ago that his swirl-disguised picture was common to scores of internet images of his paedophile activities in Asia.
His family in Canada have urged him to give himself up.
Police will hold a press conference in Bangkok later Friday to reveal details of the matter.
A Canadian paedophile suspect who was the target of a vigorous international hunt has been arrested in Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand, 210 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, according to the local Interpol representative Friday.
The fugitive, Christopher Paul Neil, 32, a wandering English teacher, has been the focus of investigations on several continents after German police "uncoiled" his digitalling altered internet photographs that showed him abusing many young boys in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Interpol issued an unprecedented global appeal for help in identifying and tracing the suspect on Oct 8.
The Thai police issued an arrest warrant Thursday after a Thai boy came forward to accuse the Canadian of paying for oral sex.
"We've got him. I can't give you more details right now. We will be bringing him to Bangkok," said Lt. Col Apichart Suriboonya, a Thai official working for Interpol in Bangkok.
Neil fled a teaching post in South Korea last week after Interpol issued a red alert, its highest search signal, for him. He faces up to 20 years in jail in Thailand if convicted of abusing minors.
Canada also has laws allowing it to punish paedophiles for their activities in third countries.
Former colleagues have regaled reporters with evidence of an "unassuming character" who was a "diligent teacher."
But writings attributed to him on facebook and elsewhere show evidence of an arrogant character who offered advice about cleaning a computer of "dangerous" photographs and how to avoid character checks when applying for teaching jobs.
At least two young Thais said Neil abused them and paid them money after luring them to an apartment he used to rent in Bangkok several years ago, according to the Thai police.
The German police started investigating his activities when they discovered three years ago that his swirl-disguised picture was common to scores of internet images of his paedophile activities in Asia.
His family in Canada have urged him to give himself up.
Police will hold a press conference in Bangkok later Friday to reveal details of the matter.
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It seems that he is not too keen on Thai jails; he should perhaps of thought of that in advance: http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national ... 50&k=32035
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