Police hunting a paedophile seen sexually abusing young children in internet pictures believe they have identified him as an English language teacher in Thailand.
These pictures were released by Interpol
Interpol posted his picture on the Internet in a public appeal that drew hundreds of responses from around the world.
The man appears in around 200 photographs discovered by police on the internet, in which he was shown abusing 12 young boys. Investigators believed they were taken in Vietnam and Cambodia, possibly in 2002 and 2003.
The pictures had been digitally altered to hide the man's face behind a swirly pattern. But computer experts in Germany were able through forensic work to reproduce recognisable images.
The unscrambled pictures were posted on Interpol's Web site www.interpol.intlast Monday, prompting what one official described as an "overwhelming" response.
Interpol said it was making the unique public appeal because, despite efforts through its network of 186 states, the man remained unknown.
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