Bangkok: A British man wanted by UK police for a string of paedophile offences has been arrested in northeast Thailand, immigration officials said.
He has been charged by British police authorities for indecent actions — 12 accounts — to children under 14-years-old,” Pariwat Satchaphan, an immigration inspector in Nongkhai province, told AFP by telephone late Wednesday.
Pariwat said the 61-year-old man was arrested at a school on Tuesday, though he did not say whether he was employed as a teacher there. British police officials sent us a request to arrest him,” he said.
The man will be transported to Bangkok to appear at a criminal court which will decide whether or not to extradite him back to Britain, Pariwat said.
Nongkhai province is in Thailand`s northeast on the border with Laos. It boasts the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, a popular crossing point between the two countries for locals and foreigners.
Bureau Report
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