Two British men have been arrested in Thailand as part of a child abuse investigation.

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Two British men have been arrested in Thailand as part of a child abuse investigation.

 

Malcolm Henry Payne, 59, and Robert Alexander Horsman, 45, were arrested at different locations in the Thai coastal resort between 6am and 7am on Thursday and are being held for questioning.

 

A 67-year-old German man, Fritz Dieter Battener, and 62-year-old American Robert Roy Lond were also arrested in the tourist resort of Pattaya following a joint operation between the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and the Royal Thai Police.

 

All four men were arrested at addresses in Pattaya and charged with sexually abusing children under the age of 15.

 

The arrests were made as part of operation Naga, which began earlier this year after CEOP identified an online network of suspected child abusers.

 

CEOP chief executive Jim Gamble said: "This is a huge breakthrough from a child protection perspective. People for too long have believed that sex offenders from the UK who travel to foreign jurisdictions to offend don't represent the same level of threat as at home. The truth is that of course they do.

 

"Such individuals are sufficiently deviant and dangerous that they target areas where they believe that children are all the more vulnerable perhaps because of the social and economic conditions."

 

"This operation, led by the Royal Thai Police, demonstrates that at home or abroad, online or off-line, if you represent a threat to children, we will follow you and ensure you are properly held to account."

 

Pattaya is a popular beach resort about an hour from the Thai capital Bangkok.

 

Child abuse links were discovered between the UK and Thailand earlier this year, prompting the initiation of a joint operation with the Royal Thai Police and CEOP.

 

 

These people are the scum of the earth, they should now rot in a Thai jail and throw away the key. OR Shoot them dead!

Edited December 12, 2008 by minime