Thailand has deported a convicted Australian pedophile who was arrested when cops found him teaching at a school in Ubon Ratchathani.
Peter Dundas Walbran, 59, who is from Sydney but holds dual New Zealand citizenship, was flown back to New Zealand today, Radio New Zealand News reported.
He had been detained in Bangkok since his arrest on Dec. 9. Cops are in the process of examining digital media they seized from his apartment.
Walbran was jailed in Indonesia in 2012 for the rape and molestation of at least three Indonesian boys, some under the age of 10, and deported to Australia in 2014.
However he failed to register on Australia’s child offender list and left the country using his New Zealand passport, entering Thailand earlier this year and evading Australia travel alerts.
Australian investigator Glen Hulley told Radio New Zealand News he had tracked Walbran to Thailand after he was released from Indonesian jail.
“He got on a plane and flew to Thailand, where we know he decided to surround himself with children again and become a school teacher.
“To me that demonstrates clearly that he has no remorse for the crimes he committed in Indonesia, he is not rehabilitated and he is demonstrating a course of conduct that I have strong belief he will do again.”
Walbran’s arrest prompted a crackdown on foreign teachers by Thai authorities, while new child porn legislation also came into effect last week.
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