At least one 18-year-old boy has said that the suspect, 32-year-old Christopher Paul Neil, sexually abused him two years ago, police Colonel Apichart Suriboonya.<\/p>\n
Police were still questioning the boy, who indicated that other boys may also have been abused, Apichart told AFP. A court was expected to issue an arrest warrant for Neil before the end of the week, he added.<\/p>\n
“If he has committed crimes here, of course we will question all the victims to collect evidence and information,” he said.<\/p>\n
Interpol identified Neil after launching a global appeal to name the man seen in about 200 photos circulating on the Internet, in which he is shown assaulting 12 different boys.<\/p>\n
The pictures appeared to have been taken in Vietnam and Cambodia, countries with reputations as destinations for sex tourism.<\/p>\n
Although his face had been digitally altered to mask his identity, a special crimes unit in Germany was able to reconstruct the image, giving authorities their first clue to track down the suspect.<\/p>\n
Neil had been teaching English at a school in Seoul, where South Korean police are also investigating his activities.<\/p>\n
He flew to Bangkok on October 11, when security cameras documented his arrival at the airport.<\/p>\n
Neil had visited Thailand six times since 2000, immigration police Colonel Thaweesak Phalasak said.<\/p>\n
During one trip in 2003, he applied for a teaching job at a private international school in Bangkok, but he did not pass his probation period, said the school's assistant chairman Poramit Srikureja.<\/p>\n
Poramit described Neil as an introvert, who applied to teach English to ninth grade students, who would be about 14 years old.<\/p>\n
Neil left after about four months when the school decided not to hire him because he had difficulty co-operating with school officials and other teachers, Poramit said.<\/p>\n
“But there were no complaints from teachers, parents or students when he was here about any abusive behaviour," Poramit said.<\/p>\n
Canadian media said Neil was from suburban Vancouver, where his mother and a sibling still live.<\/p>\n
Neil once studied at a seminary, hoping to become a priest, but was eventually shunned by his teachers who felt he lacked the moral backbone for the task, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The Interpol detective leading the manhunt, Mick Moran, said authorities were able to track him down thanks to a groundbreaking global appeal by Interpol, which is based in Lyon, France.<\/p>\n
Some 350 people reportedly responded to a request for assistance on its website, where the agency posted the reconstructed picture of the suspect.<\/p>\n
The agency said key information came from five different sources on three continents.<\/p>\n
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