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American man wanted in US child sex case arrested in Chiang Mai temple

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An American man wanted in the US for child sex abuse was arrested yesterday, September 10, during a meditation retreat at a temple in Chiang Mai .

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The FBI’s Legal Attaché office at the US Embassy in Bangkok requested cooperation from Thailand’s Immigration Bureau on September 8 to locate the wanted American man, identified only as Joshua, and deport him to the US for further legal proceedings.

Joshua was under an arrest warrant issued by a state court in New Hampshire. According to the report on Channel 3, he and another accomplice sexually assaulted several girls aged under 16 before fleeing the US to avoid arrest.

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