Thai Victim Alleges Abuse by Suspected Pedophile
Email One of the alleged victims of suspected child sex abuser Christopher Paul Neil, who was arrested Friday in rural Thailand, told Thai authorities he was sexually molested by Neil several years ago. On Thursday, the Thai Royal Police issued a national arrest warrant for Neil, 32, after the 17-year-old said he was abused, according to an Interpol release. The victim was one of three, aged 9, 13, and 14 at the time, who came forward to Thai authorities alleging Neil paid them to perform sexual acts.
Authorities in South Korea and Thailand confirmed earlier this week that Neil had fled Seoul, where he was teaching English, and arrived in Thailand. Security cameras caught him passing through Bangkok’s international airport. THE BLOTTER RECOMMENDS Blotter Global Effort Helps Interpol Track Down Suspected Pedophile Click Here for Full Blotter Coverage. Interpol on Thursday also issued an international wanted persons notice for Neil, who authorities identified as the man shown on the Internet sexually abusing young boys in a series of more than 200 photos. While he obscured his own face, he left those of his victims unobstructed. "Interpol decided to launch this appeal to help police in our member countries to identify ‘Vico’ and to protect the public from a sexual predator," Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said Thursday, noting neighboring countries could use Interpol’s notice as "a basis for Neil’s provisional arrest." "Vico" was the codename given to the suspect at the start of the investigation. Thai authorities arrested Neil in the rural province of Nakhon Ratchasima. They said he was hiding in the town of a Thai friend who allegedly arranged for some of Neil’s alleged sexual encounters with young boys.
Neil’s arrest comes a little more than one week after the global agency first released four digitally reconstructed photos of him. After releasing his image, Interpol says "five different sources from three continents" identified "Vico" as a Canadian teaching English in South Korea. Secretary General Noble Thursday credited the public’s overwhelming response for aiding "the global enforcement community to move one step closer to bringing this sexual predator to justice." Associated Press’ Sutin Wannabovorn contributed to this report. This post has been updated.
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People catorgorise muslims as Terrorists in general. So I am going to categorize Caucasian’s as Potentaily dangerous child molesters. Do you see how ridiculous, this sounds. It is no differant when you call a person a Terrorist just cause, they are of the muslim faith. I applologise for this comment but I am so tired of being considered a terrorist just cause Iam muslim, and follow Islam. People Go Get and Education. Please. Education is the only solution to most of the worlds problems when will we get a clue.
Posted by: Adeeb N. | October 18, 2007, 4:43 pm 4:43 pm
When islamic terrorism is erradicated, we will start dealing with other aspects of islam; the first one will be the status of women in the islamic society, other issues will follows.
Posted by: E | October 19, 2007, 4:43 am 4:43 am
If you read the Koran, you will see Islam Mandates Equality, it is the pathetic MAN that remolds a religon too fit HIS needs. In the middle east MAN has destroyed the Equality. Not the religon. Islam was in fact the first religon to state women should be treated fairly and they have a place in the world outside of the home. Islam mandates womens needs must also be met. I also understand this is the wrong board for such a topic. Next grievance.
Posted by: Adeeb N. | October 19, 2007, 11:23 am 11:23 am
Did I miss something? How in thunder did we get from the case of a pedophile to “terrorists” ?
Posted by: DW | October 19, 2007, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm