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[smashjack]

I remember reading about a guy who thought he was working with a potential "pedophile" earlier in a thread in this forum... Maybe it was a fact. This guy was in South Korea. Anyone know him? He's in deep shit.

BANGKOK, Thailand - A Canadian schoolteacher accused of pedophilia was arrested Friday in northeastern Thailand after an international manhunt that included the public release of unscrambled Internet photos believed to show his face.

The suspect, 32-year-old Christopher Paul Neil, had been hiding in the town of a Thai friend who arranged some of his alleged sexual liaisons with boys, police said.

"Bingo! We've got him," police Maj. Gen. Wimol Powintara told The Associated Press.

Neil was being driven from the province of Nakhon Ratchasima to Bangkok, about 130 miles away, Wimol said. Wimol declined to give details of the arrest, saying a news conference would be held in Bangkok later in the day.

Shortly before the arrest, Wimol said police rushed to the northeastern province Thursday night after receiving credible information that Neil had fled there. Residents said they had spotted the Canadian near the home of the Thai friend, Wimol said.

Neil lived in Thailand from 2002 to early 2004, police said.

Thai authorities issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Neil after determining that he may have sexually abused boys in Thailand, in addition to a dozen Cambodian and Vietnamese boys, some as young as 6, whom Interpol suspects he abused.

The Thai arrest warrant was based on the testimony of one boy, who said he was lured to Neil's apartment in Bangkok by a Thai man, Wimol said Thursday.

The boy was one of three Thai youths, aged 9, 13 and 14 at the time, who contacted police Wednesday after seeing Neil's photograph on television. They claimed he had paid them to perform oral sex on him in 2003, Wimol said earlier, adding that the Canadian allegedly also had sex with at least one other underaged male.

The boys said the suspect showed them pornographic images on his computer at his apartment in Bangkok, and paid them each $16 to $32, Wimol said.

Neil has taught at various schools in Thailand, South Korea and Vietnam since at least 2000.

He suddenly left his most recent teaching job in South Korea last week on a one-way ticket for Thailand as investigators closed in on his identity. Authorities said cameras captured his image as he arrived at Bangkok's international airport.

The hunt for Neil began three years ago when German police discovered about 200 online photographs of a man sexually abusing children. His face was digitally obscured, but German police were able to reconstruct a recognizable image.

Interpol circulated those images last week. The suspect was identified with the help of hundreds of tips from people who responded to an appeal by the international police agency for public assistance.

More clues about the suspect's background emerged with the discovery of a Web page on the social networking site MySpace that Interpol officials believe was kept by Neil.

"Been kicking around Asia for the past five years, teaching mainly and finding other forms of mischief," reads the profile, which describes him as "5 feet, 11 inches tall, slim and slender."

"I love teaching, can't get enough of it really," the entry says, going on to describe his passion for drama, musicals and karaoke.

Friends have described Neil as outgoing and fun to be around. Co-workers at international schools gave mixed reviews of his teaching skills, but all described a man they believed to be harmless.

Before teaching in Asia, Neil had worked as a chaplain in Canada, counseling teens.

Canadian authorities have said they would seek his extradition. Canada has sex tourism laws allowing prosecution for crimes committed abroad.

[PeteJB]

Do you not read the forum then? There are countless threads on this.

Referring to the topic title, I doubt this guy did anything in Korea. Sorry but, even though Korea has it's faults, it can no way be compared with Vietnam and Thailand.

[Pak Yu Man]

What?!?!

There was a pedo in Korea? Next thing you're going to say there are English teachers here.

Captain Obvious to the rescue.

[JongnoGuru]

What is this 'pedophilia' thing? Is it a mental disorder, like being gay or sumpthin?

[pest2]

Hey, i have a friend who is thinking of going to Korea to teach English, too .... does anyone know of a good website where she can get information about that?