Canadian Sought In Thailand For Alleged Sex Crimes

[DamianMavis]

2 seperate countries charge him with the exact same crime and the mother thinks its all a pack of lies HA! love it.

Damian

[sriracha john]

Updated information with news he apparently escaped to Vietnam before all of this came to light...

Thailand hunts Canadian for alleged child sex abuse

BANGKOK - A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for a Canadian tourist accused of sexually abusing three boys, police said on Thursday.

One of the boys identified Orville Frank Mader, 54, as the man who allegedly asked him to perform oral sex on him at a hotel in the beach town of Pattaya last week, Police Major Sompol Nakhapan told Reuters.

Mader, of Kitchener, Ontario, left Thailand on a flight to Vietnam on Monday and Interpol had been contacted to help track him down, Sompol said.

"A seven-year-old boy identified him from among a number of Caucasian tourist pictures. He is wanted on charges of sexual molestation against minors aged under 13," Sompol said.

The boys were aged between seven and nine and Mader could face up to 20 years in jail if convicted in Thailand, Sompol added.

- Reuters

Edited November 1, 2007 by sriracha john

[sriracha john]

and then again, perhaps he hasn't escaped afterall....

Thai police watch borders for Canadian suspect

Thai authorities are closely watching border points and airports in case a Canadian man suspected of sexually abusing several children there tries to flee to another country.

An arrest warrant has been issued in the case of Orville Frank Mader, 54, originally from Kitchener, Ontario, but who has lived most recently in the Vancouver area when not overseas.

Journalist Andrew Drummond told CTV's Canada AM on Thursday that Thai police believe Mader is still in Thailand.

"He has certainly not passed any checkpoints, at least under his own name," he said.

However, there had been earlier speculation the suspect had already fled for either Vietnam or Cambodia, Drummond said.

Mader faces allegations he participated in the abuse of an eight-year-old Thai boy who was kidnapped from a shopping mall. Thai police are investigating allegations he may have abused at least three other boys.

- CTV News (Canada)

[sriracha john]

Thai hunt intensifies for Canadian wanted for alleged sex abuse

Thai police fanned out in a coastal city known for its sex industry Thursday on the chance a Canadian accused of sex crimes against a boy was still there.

Orville Frank Mader, 54, is accused of sexually abusing an eight-year-old boy in Thailand.

A team of officers handed out photographs of Mader, whom they issued an arrest warrant for in connection with the sexual abuse of an eight-year-old.

Mader was identified as the man who allegedly asked a boy to perform oral sex on him in a hotel in Pattaya, a city known for its brothels and sex industry venues, police told reporters.

The boy was allegedly kidnapped from a shopping centre by a local man and sold for sex, authorities said. His alleged abductor, a 24-year-old man, is in custody. Police said they believe Mader abused at least three other boys.

Agents at border crossing points and airports were on alert in case Mader tries to exit the country.

Pattaya police said Mader checked out of a hotel Sunday, but have no idea where he was headed. They have been looking into other hotels in the city to see if he might be staying somewhere else.

Suspect may know Neil

Mader reportedly taught English in Japan in recent years. Police said he was in Thailand on a tourist visa, and had visited the country for 10 days in January as well. During that trip, police said he stayed in the same area of Pattaya, one densely packed with gay bars and massage parlours, said CBC reporter Michael McCauliffe.

Thai police said Mader frequented some of the same places as another Canadian accused of sexually abusing children in Thailand, Christopher Paul Neil, including the same Ben Mansions hotel.

Neil, 32, was arrested nearly two weeks ago after a worldwide manhunt was sparked by a rare appeal for help from Interpol. He is being held in a Thai prison while he awaits trial. A Thai court has extended for another 12 days his detention, police said Thursday.

"The court has allowed us to detain him for another 12 days as we wait for forensic results and additional witness interrogations," said police Lieutenant General Wimol Paointara.

Under Thai law, Neil can be held without trial for a maximum of 84 days. Police were also waiting for a third alleged victim to file a complaint against Neil.

Thailand considers background checks

Neil's case drew international attention on the thriving sex tourism industry in Southeast Asia.

On Wednesday, police said they may begin making background checks on foreign teachers after a string of recent arrests, Canadian Press reported.

Thai police also arrested a British man on Tuesday who had been working in the country as a teacher and charged him with using the internet to distribute pornographic photographs of children.

- CBC News (Canada)

[Hobgoblin]

Regarding background checks, if the US, Canada and South Korea cannot successfully weed out these guys, what makes you think that Thailand can?

If someone's never been in trouble for such things, it's not possible to conclude they're a risk. It's not like they have it tattooed on their forehead.

Just my two satang...

[LaoPo]

One of the reasons why Canadians, British, Australian and Americans make the headlines more often is that those countries have specific task forces assigned to the problem. Their respective police agencies tasked with the job regularly share information and assist each other in their investigations. The lack of other nations coughing up some of these offenders is not because those nations are chaste and respectful. Rather it is because they do not fully cooperate with other agencies or mount the same enforcement effort.

You are misinformed.

A lot of European police forces, and Interpol as well, DO cooperate with Thailand and other SE Asian Police forces as well !

The problem is that you probably don't read or hear about those stories or are unaware of the same if you are not in that particular hemisphere.

If it's not in the SE Asian headlines it doesn't mean people don't get caught.

Child molesters are even being convicted in their respective homelands because various EU countries have laws which make it possible to convict them, even if the crimes with children have been committed in SE Asia or elsewhere.

I assure you !

LaoPo

Edited November 2, 2007 by LaoPo

[sriracha john]

it's great that foreign countries are disseminating information on these types of people. now when i begin to see some Thai names getting the same scrutiny, i will start to believe this country is serious, and not just after the "good" publicity. where are the parents in all these cases? they must take some of the responsibility, i would think to some degree.

I think your second point is not applicable, to this particular case anyway, as by most reports the child was abducted.

In regards to your first point, others are voicing the same concern as the first 2 excerpts from this additional information article attest to:

Canadian is target of Thailand's latest paedophile hunt

"This is not a new problem. These few high-profile cases involved Western men. We have a lot of cases that involve Thai teachers, too," Montri Sinthawichai, a child rights advocate for Thailand's Foundation of Children's Protection, said Thursday.

"It's the most obvious profession to choose if you are attracted to children. They can be close to the kids and they don't even have to force them. In a lot of cases we see, they convince the kids into thinking they are benefiting from it. The kids don't even realized they are being exploited and those are the most dangerous cases."

Thailand and Cambodia figured in another case announced Wednesday by French police. They said they arrested 20 people in October as part of a European-wide crackdown on people who shared child pornography over the Internet, and three of those rounded up were suspected of having abused children during trips abroad.

Three of the French suspects were believed to have appeared in child pornography shot abroad, principally in Cambodia, said police, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press. A former French doctor who moved to Thailand after being thrown out of France's Order of Doctors was a suspect, police said. He was taken into custody when he returned to France recently, police said.

- The Times of India

[cdnvic]

Canadian sex crimes suspect arrested in Vancouver

A Canadian man accused of sex crimes against a boy in Thailand was arrested at Vancouver International Airport Thursday, an RCMP source told CBC News.

Orville Frank Mader, 54, was picked up at the airport on an immigration warrant on his way into Canada from Thailand.

RCMP's Integrated Child Exploitation Team has taken him to a holding cell in Surrey, B.C., where he used to live.

Another RCMP officer, Const. Annie Linteau, told CBC News late Thursday night that, "the Integrated Child Exploitation Team did arrest a male at Vancouver International Airport on his arrival in Vancouver from Thailand."

"But I'm unable to name this man given the fact that he has yet to appear in court on any charges," the RCMP spokeswoman said.

However, the RCMP source who spoke to CBC earlier Thursday evening confirmed the man arrested was Mader, who is expected to appear in court in Surrey Friday morning.

Thai police issued an arrest warrant for Mader, who is from Kitchener, Ont., on Wednesday. He's wanted in connection with the sexual abuse of an eight-year-old in the coastal city of Pattaya.

The suspect, Orville Frank Mader, was being held in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday night and is expected to appear in court Friday morning.The suspect, Orville Frank Mader, was being held in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday night and is expected to appear in court Friday morning.

On Thursday, Thai police released new details about the case and a chronology of events. Thai investigators say that on Saturday night, at about 10 p.m., the boy went to a Pattaya shopping mall to meet some friends.

Pattaya is a city known for its brothels and other sex industry venues.

Police said after the boy left the mall, he went down to city's gay district. At about midnight, a man allegedly approached a group of boys playing around a swimming pool, police said.

Investigators allege that the man tried talking to them but the boys didn't understand his English. Police say the man enlisted the help of a Thai man to facilitate Mader's alleged encounter with the eight-year-old boy.

That man allegedly offered the use of his apartment for the encounter, police said.

Police said that according to a statement from the boy, the man asked him to perform oral sex.

Police said the alleged encounter lasted for about an hour, between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m, according to the boy.

The boy was given $30, police said.

Later, the boy's mother filed a complaint with the police when she asked him where he got the money.

The boy then led investigators back to the Thai man who is alleged to have helped arrange the meeting, police said. The Thai man is now in custody.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/...t-thailand.html

[girlx]

from: this site

BREAKING NEWS

The manhunt for suspected pedophile who Thai police had previously issued an arrest warrant in the kidnap and sex abuse of an 8 year old boy has ended. Police in Vancouver have arrested Orville Frank Mader. Mader will be turned over to Thai police to face charges and stand trial.

The National Post stated the following: Police Colonel Apichart Suribunya told Reuters.

"Our concern

is Canadian police may only be able to hold him for a short period

because he apparently has not done anything wrong in Canada," Col.

Apichart said.

Thailand

issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Mader, 54, after a seven-year-old boy

said the Canadian asked him to perform oral sex on Mr. Mader at a hotel

in the beach town of Pattaya last week.

[Ruperts]

Looks like this passport was issued in Jakarta and only valid for 1 year, it expired in May of this year?

You should be a detective.

[sonnyJ]

Let's get hyped again.

The ever incompetent statements by the Police in offices of Thailand who seem to wake up a few times a year. (I will have to add some western media).

Same time knowing very well what's going on in their country at much less touristed locations. By Thais, on Thais, to Thais....

Again incredible.

[sriracha john]

Canadian man in Thai sex case held in Vancouver

VANCOUVER/BANGKOK - A Canadian court ordered accused pedophile Orville Frank Mader to remain in custody on Friday, and Thai police said they want him returned to Thailand to face charges of sexually abusing young boys.

The 54-year-old Canadian was detained when he arrived at Vancouver International Airport on Thursday on a flight from Southeast Asia after Thai police issued a warrant for his arrest.

Mader appeared briefly in provincial court near Vancouver and was ordered to remain in custody until another court hearing on Nov. 8.

Mader was detained under a Canadian law that allows the courts to restrict the movements of people believed to be a threat to children under the age of 14 even if no criminal charges have been filed.

He was arrested by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police unit that investigates international child exploitation but police have not said if charges are pending in Canada.

It is illegal for Canadians to travel to other countries for the purpose of having sex with children. The "sex tourism" law has rarely been used and its constitutionality has never been tested in the courts.

Thai police said they would ask the country's Foreign Ministry to start the extradition process. Canada and Thailand have an extradition treaty.

A Canadian Justice Ministry spokesman declined to comment on whether Canada had received an extradition request.

Thailand issued an arrest warrant for Mader after a 7-year-old boy said the Canadian asked him to perform oral sex on Mader at a hotel last week in the beach town of Pattaya, about 150 km from Bangkok.

Thai police say Mader had sexually abused three boys in Pattaya. The boys were aged 7 to 9 and Mader could face up to 20 years in jail if convicted in Thailand, a Pattaya police officer said.

"A 7-year-old boy identified him from among a number of tourist pictures. He is wanted on charges of sexual molestation against minors aged under 13," Police Major Sompol Nakhapan said on Thursday.

Mader is also wanted in neighboring Cambodia, where he was found guilty in 2004 of molesting two boys under the age of 13. He was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail.

Mader, a native of Kitchener, Ontario, owns a house in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey, British Columbia, but worked in Southeast Asia as a teacher for several years, according to Canadian media reports.

This incident comes in the wake of Thailand's arrest of Canadian Christopher Neil, who became the focus of an international manhunt when German police determined his identity in manipulated photos of child abuse posted on the Internet.

Neil's arrest prompted Thailand to begin a wider search for suspected Western pedophiles. Neil, who denies the charges of sexually abusing boys, is in Thai custody awaiting trial.

- Reuters

[duchovny]

It amuses me to all the fuss about western pedophiles. Westerners account for a tiny fraction of the pedophiles in Asia yet for some reason the media and the usual PC morons want to beat their drums about it.

Why don't we hear anything about the thousands of kiddy fiddling Thai men that are caught every year?

Why do you think the pedo market is here? It was here a long time before the white man arrived and it will still be here going strong a long time after he has left.

So why the racism? Why only report and discuss western pedophiles whilst being silent about the locals?

[sriracha john]

Mader ordered held after court appearance

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Accused pedophile Orville Mader has made a brief court appearance and has been remanded in custody for a week while he gets a lawyer.

The former Vancouver and Kitchener, Ont., resident was arrested Thursday after stepping of a flight from Thailand, where police accuse him of molesting an eight-year-old boy.

The slightly built Mr. Mader stood quietly in the prisoner's box in Abbotsford provincial court while Crown prosecutor Wendy van Tongeren Harvey and a duty defence lawyer discussed his next appearance with the judge.

The 54-year-old Mr. Mader, who apparently has lived in Asia for many years, is scheduled to make his next court appearance on Wednesday via video link.

If he has a lawyer by then, Mr. Mader will be back in court next Thursday.

Federal Justice officials say Thai authorities have not yet made a request for Mr. Mader's extradition.

- The Globe and Mail (Canada)

[sriracha john]

Two more arrests in Thai, Cambodian pedophile allegations

A German man who allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old Cambodian girl has been arrested in one of several new suspected pedophile cases in Southeast Asia, police said Friday.

The arrest came after police in Thailand detained a British man on suspicion of pedophile activities, and officers in Vancouver held a Canadian whose extradition to face a child sex charge — also in Thailand — had been sought.

Police in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, raided the German suspect's hotel room Thursday and discovered him with the teenage girl, said Keo Thea, deputy chief of Cambodia's anti human-trafficking police. The German will face charges in court, Keo Thea said.

In Canada, Orville Frank Mader, 54, was arrested on arrival Thursday at Vancouver's international airport, said police Col. Apichart Suribunya, head of Thailand's liaison office for Interpol.

Thai police had issued an arrest warrant for Mader on Wednesday after an 8-year-old Thai boy said he was taken to Mader's hotel room by a Thai man in Thailand's beach resort town of Pattaya, said Apichart.

"We have asked Canadian authorities to extradite him because he has committed crimes in Thailand," Apichart said. Under Canadian law, its citizens can also be prosecuted at home for sex crimes committed abroad.

Mader's arrest follows the detention Tuesday of British man Paul Cornelius Jones, 39, following a raid on his Bangkok apartment where police said they found a computer containing photos of naked boys and girls. Jones, of Cardiff, Wales, has been charged with distributing pornographic photographs of children under age 15.

"What we are seeing is an increased level of awareness among the police structures (and) the establishment of specialized units that allow them to arrest the perpetrators," said Carmen Madrinan, executive director of End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes, a worldwide network of groups striving to end the sexual exploitation of children.

"Many NGOs (nongovernment organizations) are becoming more and more vigilant, keeping under observation and tipping off the authorities suspected child sex offenders," said Madrinan.

A French child rights group, Action Pour Les Enfants, said it had tipped off Phnom Penh police about the arrested German. But the Cambodia director of the NGO, Samleang Seila, said, "There are still many loopholes and gaps in the legislation system and the judiciary that enable perpetrators to avoid conviction."

The problem of Western pedophiles in Southeast Asia was highlighted by a worldwide appeal by Interpol that resulted in the arrest Oct. 19 of Christopher Paul Neil, another Canadian, who is accused of having abused Thai, Vietnamese and Cambodian boys.

- Associated Press

[sriracha john]

Thailand wants accused pedophile back; lawyer says Canada rarely extradites there

VANCOUVER - It could be months or years before an accused pedophile is extradited from Canada to face charges of sexually assaulting a Thai boy, if it ever happens, legal experts say.

Thailand says it wants Orville Frank Mader back on charges he sexually abused a young boy. But if Canada sends Mader back, it could take 18 months or more for Mader to work through the extradition process, says a spokesman for the federal Department of Justice.

Or, Canada could decide to charge Mader in this country with its relatively new law against child sex tourism.

Mader, 54, was arrested after arriving at Vancouver International Airport on Thursday on charges he sexually abused a young boy in Thailand. Thai police officials have told The Canadian Press that Mader, originally from Kitchener, Ont., would soon be returned overseas to face charges.

A spokesman at the Department of Justice in Vancouver said Canada has not yet received a formal extradition request. When the request is made, lawyer Kevin McCullough speculated the Thais may not get Mader back as fast as they'd like.

McCullough represented Canadian Michael Karas, who was wanted in Thailand on charges he murdered his Thai wife. McCullough argued in 2001, among other things, that his client should not be extradited because of what he said was the Thai government's shoddy record on human rights. McCullough lost and further court arguments followed, but McCullough said Friday that Karas is still in Canada.

*The above case is covered in Thaivisa thread*:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...=109466&st=

Imprisoned Canadian Wanted In Thailand For Murder, Accused of brutal slaying in Pattaya

More well-known are the repeated attempts by Thailand officials to extradite Rakesh Saxena, a fugitive Thai banker who has been in Vancouver fighting to stay in Canada since 1996. He is accused of looting a Bangkok bank but has argued he will be killed if returned to his home country. Saxena has mostly been under house arrest while he launches appeal after appeal of orders to deport him.

*The above case is covered in Thaivisa thread, among others*:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...c=72901&st=

Banker Fighting Extradition To Thailand Says Canada Is Full Of "Idiots"

"Although we here in Canada would hope that all countries would be as just as we are and hold justice as we do so importantly, it's clear that Thailand has developed an international reputation as a place with some problems in the criminal justice system."

Chris Girouard, a spokesman for the federal Department of Justice, said the cases of Karas and Saxena are unusual and said Canada has sent people back to Thailand.

He said normally it takes 18 months to three years to extradite someone from Canada. "It all depends on the courts, on the submissions, on the timing. At any point in time, the person can waive the extradition process," Girouard said.

Canada could also decide to prosecute Mader under its own laws against child sex tourism. There have been very few charges levied under that law and McCullough argues the law has never been tested at the appeal level.

McCullough believes it wouldn't stand, but Benjamin Perrin, an associate international law professor at the University of British Columbia, disagrees. "If there is going to be a big extradition fight and there's sufficient evidence, it's probably a better alternative to have him face charges here in Canada rather than have a long, protracted legal battle," said Perrin, adding victims could testify from Thailand via video link.

Because Mader is in Canada, Canada gets first dibs on whether to prosecute him here or start the process to send him back, Girouard said. The decision would be made by the B.C. Attorney General's office.

A spokesman for the ministry could not be reached for comment.

That compares with Christopher Neil, another Vancouver-area resident who was picked up in Thailand after an international manhunt last month on charges of sexually assaulting children and posting pictures of his acts on the Internet. Because the Thais have Neil, they get the first opportunity to prosecute him, Girouard said. "Usually, the law where the person physically is is the one that usually takes precedence."

Mader's arrest came just one day after police in the Thai beach resort town of Pattaya issued a warrant for him. Sgt. Maj. Pottaput Kamho said he got word from police in Bangkok that Mader had been arrested some time on Thursday. Sgt. Sompol Nakkumpan, the lead investigator in the case, also confirmed the arrest.

RCMP in Canada have so far refused to comment on Mader's arrest. Police said Mader and Neil had some mutual connections in Pattaya and were known to frequent the same hotel.

- The Canadian Press

[astral]

Topic moved to main news area, then closed

[lopburi3]

Canadian wanted in Thailand granted bail in B.C.

A provincial court in Abbotsford, B.C., has granted bail of $5,000 to Orville Frank Mader, who's accused of sex crimes in Thailand, but he will remain in jail until he comes up with the money.

Mader, 54, also has to stay away from children unless he's under supervision of an adult appointed by the court a condition of his bail.

Mader was nabbed at Vancouver International Airport on Nov. 1, after getting off a plane from Asia. He's is originally from Kitchener, Ont., and has lived in Surrey, B.C.

He was held by authorities under a protective order after a provincial court judge ruled he could pose a threat to children under the age of 14.

Thai police issued an arrest warrant for Mader on Oct. 31 in connection with alleged sexual abuse committed in the coastal city of Pattaya, known for its brothels and other sex industry venues.

This photo of Orville Mader, taken in mid-August 2007, was sent in by Sam Zeng, who worked with Mader in Japan.

- CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/...er.html?ref=rss

[sbk]

B.C. man convicted of sex crimes in Asia now being investigated in Canada: lawyer

5 hours ago

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A B.C. man convicted in Asia of sex crimes against young boys is being investigated in Canada, but the details of what he is accused of abroad remain covered by a publication ban - for now.

Orville Mader's lawyer said Monday his client is being investigated for "a bunch of other charges," though he did not elaborate. Mader has not been charged with anything in Canada and is free after signing a peace bond.

Details of his alleged crimes in Cambodia and Thailand were read out in court at a hearing last month, but they were banned from publication.

A lawyer for The Canadian Press said in court Monday that ban should be lifted.

Michael Skene argued the court didn't have the authority to order the ban on the proceedings of the hearing because Mader doesn't face any Canadian charges.

Mader was convicted of sex crimes against children in absentia in Cambodia earlier this year and Thai authorities were looking for him last month when Mader arrived at Vancouver International Airport.

RCMP detained him under a section of the Criminal Code that allows police to arrest someone they believe could commit an offence against children.

Mader was later granted bail and was released on a peace bond outlining conditions such as his promise to stay away from children and to not use the Internet.

Bans on bail hearings are standard under the Criminal Code in an effort to ensure potential jurors don't come into contact with information that might bias them in any way.

But because Mader isn't charged in Canada, there's no possibility of a trial or jurors to protect, Skene argued.

The issues surrounding Mader's apprehension at the airport and his release on the peace bond are issues the media should be allowed to tell the public about, he said.

"There's two sides to the issue," Skene said outside court.

"On the one hand, why was Mr. Mader ever in jail? He's not been charged with any offence."

On the flip side, there were people in the courtroom who heard things that aren't available to the public, Skene said

"This person's been released into the community. There are children in the community. There are serious allegations against him and whether or not he should have been released into the community is something the public is going to want to scrutinize and has the right to scrutinize."

In his application, Skene noted that the section of the Criminal Code banning details of bail hearings from publication has a time limit. The details can be released at the conclusion of an accused's trial.

But in this case, with no trial on the horizon, the ban on the submissions made in court effectively goes on forever and that's not something the court has the jurisdiction to order, Skene argued.

"This lack of accountability flies in the face of the open court process," Skene's submission reads.

Mader's lawyer, Brian Coleman, told court he is opposed to lifting the ban.

He said outside court he's concerned for his client's safety.

"I don't want a bunch of vigilantes hounding him on the basis of the allegations," Coleman said.

The defence and the Crown plan to respond to The Canadian Press's court challenge later this month.

Mader was in court Monday as the Crown asked for changes to the conditions of his bail.

Source: CanadianPress.com

[meadish_sweetball]

Bid to lift gag order in case of accused pedophile denied

It could be some time before the public will hear details of the allegations Thai authorities have made against an accused Canadian pedophile.

An application by The Canadian Press to lift the publication ban in the case of Orville Mader was denied yesterday.

Provincial court judge Robert Romano ruled that he doesn't have the authority to lift the ban."This court has limited power to reconsider the ban," Romano read out in court. "The media should go to a higher court." Romano noted in other cases where a ban has been lifted, the accused agreed to the change.

However, in this case, Mader's lawyer adamantly opposed removal of the ban.

"I am of the view the circumstances have not materially changed," Romano said in refusing the application.

Mader's lawyer Brian Coleman opposed the media application at a December hearing, saying his client could still face charges in Canada. Coleman argued that if the ban was lifted his client's right to a fair trial would be compromised. Mader, who owns property in Surrey, is wanted in Thailand on allegations he molested a boy.

He was also convicted in absentia of sex crimes in Cambodia in 2004.

Mader is free on a peace bond with several conditions, including staying off the Internet and staying away from areas where children may be.

Because Thailand had not yet made a request to Canada to have Mader returned, he was arrested under a section of the Criminal Code that says he could be a danger to the community.

The information used to arrest Mader alleges there is e-mail evidence of sexual activity with male children under 14 years old, and police in Thailand allege he has had sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 13.

Mader managed to leave Asia in November but was promptly arrested at Vancouver's airport.

- Edmonton Sun (Canada)

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/200...790629-sun.html

/Thanks SRJ for the update/