Pedophile hunt

The global police body Interpol launched a worldwide photo appeal yesterday to find a suspected paedophile after its first such campaign led to the arrest and trial of a Canadian in Thailand.

Interpol posted pictures of a white-haired, balding man on its website, saying they were part of a series that showed him sexually abusing boys aged between 6 and 10 in southeast Asia.

The identity, nationality and whereabouts of the man were not known. The first pictures of him were found by police in Norway in March 2006 and so far about 800 images have been discovered, all featuring the same victims and locations.

(China Daily 05/07/2008 page10)