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| A Canadian paedophile suspect who sparked a global manhunt has been arrested in Thailand, police say. | A Canadian paedophile suspect who sparked a global manhunt has been arrested in Thailand, police say. |
| Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old teacher, was held in the north-east of the country, a police spokesman said. | |
| Police had sought Mr Neil after identifying him as the man allegedly abusing young boys in a series of internet images. | |
| He went to Thailand last week from South Korea, where he had been working as an English teacher. | |
| Police across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam had been searching for Mr Neil since he arrived in the region. | |
| "He was arrested Friday by tourist police in north-eastern Thailand," a senior police official told French news agency AFP. | |
| He could be brought to the Thai capital, Bangkok, later in the day, another official said. | |
| The arrest follows a worldwide appeal from Interpol for help identifying a man seen in more than 200 online images of alleged sexual abuse involving young boys. | |
| The man's face had been digitally scrambled, but the international police agency used software to create a usable image of their suspect. |